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Wild edible plants (WEPs) refer to species that are neither cultivated nor domesticated, but available from their natural habitat and used as sources of food. WEPs are gathered for food, nutrition and livelihoods by different cultures around the world. These plants are gathered from varied habitats...

What happens when star detectives, Lisa and Otoha, who happen to be school students, take a trip to scenic Cyprus for a History project? Well, they create history as they try to solve a mystery!From doing a project on a diadem that is rumoured to belong to Queen Caterina Cornaro to being blamed as one...

Viruses that infect plants are responsible for reduction in both yield and quality of crops around the world, which are of great economic importance. This has provided the impetus for the extensive research into the molecular and cellular biology of these pathogens and into their interaction with...

Abandoned by everyone who's supposed to love him, and on the run from the foster system that neglected him, Brody doesn't have a destination, just a direction-west. When he falls asleep on the back porch of a dark shop in Eugene, Oregon—half-starved, sick and unsure where he is—he awakens to a...

The first day of the Valderann invasion is nothing more than a distant memory. The nine years of occupation has changed us. It has hardened us and it has molded us. We see the universe and our place in it differently now. We no longer fear the darkness, instead we defy it. We are no longer asleep....

Inder Jeet, a rag picker lives with Jhihari and his brother Ranchits family in the slum of landfi ll area of Ghazipur in Delhi miraculously becomes an audience in an international conference on health and wellbeing held in Montreal, Canada after his unpublished research paper Orphan Nephrons Observation:...

The Mahabharata is the “book of books”. It is an encyclopedia of ancient Bharat (India). That is why it is said, “What is not in the Mahabharata is not in Bharat (India)”. Expanse and depth of thoughts and ideas in this book are bewildering, The highest and lowest of human nature are painted...

Humorous Middles is a fine collection of humorous middles, published in major newspapers and magazines. What is it that makes the middle stand apart? The middle is a short composition, hardly ever more than 600 to 800 words. It draws strength from its in-built humour that skips and romps with the...

Vickram has come to Uganda on a quest to look for his biological father. His mothers secret is buried in a deep corner of his heart, and it has been haunting him day and night. He will not rest until he finds out about the unknown person. His dying mother didnt even tell him the name of this person....

The Ficle Hand of Fate; Dwelling on its mysteries can fill our hearts with fear. When it bestows blessings upon us in an unexpected manner. There is always the feeling that they can slip through our fingers. Fate has blessed Karen beyond her deepest dreams and she struggles to feel secure within her...

Devious. Conniving. Deceitful. Insidious. David Miller thought he knew his mother. He thought kidnapping three children was the most appalling and horrendous thing any human being could do and she couldn’t possibly do anything more monstrous. He thought there was nothing else she could do or say...

Ophthalmologists are often the first clinicians to evaluate a patient harboring an underlying intraorbital or intracranial structural lesion. This unique position makes it particularly important for them to understand the basic mechanics, indications, and contraindications for the available orbital...

The quantitative analysis of blood flow within central and peripheral blood vessels has attracted more and more interest, for with the rapid developments in vascular surgery and the introduction of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, it is becom­ ing increasingly important to be able to measure...

A timeless guide to economising in the household.  With a wide variety of recipes and hints to make your pennies go further and help you re-use items that would otherwise be thrown away.