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HILL STATIONS

2008-11-12T10:36:00.000-08:00

PEERUMEDU
Location : 85 Kms East Of Kottayam. Altitude : 914 m Above Sea Level.Main Attractions : Kuttikanan, Thrissanku Hills.Languages : Malayalam, Hindi, English
Peerumedu is a small hill station, snuggled at an altitude of 914 m above sea level, on way to Thekkady. The famous plantation town takes its name from Peer Mohammad, a Sufi saint and close associate of the erstwhile royal family of Travancore.
Clouds drop gently on the peaks that flank the verdant slopes of Peerumedu. Rich with mile upon mile of plantations falling away in precise steps.
Coffee, tea, pepper, cardamom and rubber flourish in what is the most fertile part of the Western Ghats. Broken only by spectacular waterfalls in the distance and wide open grasslands in places.
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On a fairly warm day, the mercury reads between five and ten degrees celsius. Little wonder then, that the former Rajas of Travancore sought this tiny hill station out as their summer resort.

DEVIKULAM

2008-11-12T10:33:00.000-08:00

Location : 16 Kms From Munnar, Kerala.Main Attraction : Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary.Altitude : 1800 m Above Sea Level.Best Season : September To May.
Located 16 kms from Munnar, this gorgeous hill station symbolises nature in her pristine glory. The crisp and cool mountain air heavily laden with the fragrance of wild flowers and rare herbs is any nature lover's paradise.
The Sita Devi Lake offers rejuvenating springs of mineral water and is also a favourite picnic spot among tourists. Besides the expansive tea plantations, a spice garden run by the district tourism promotion council nurtures a wide variety of spices.
The idyllic hill station with its velvet lawns, exotic flora and fauna and the cool mountain air offers a rare experience to visitors. The Sita Devi Lake is an ideal place for trout fishing.
Irresistibly green slopes touching the sky at a thousand metres. Silent clusters of slender red and blue gum trees. A lovely, little lake hidden within the rolling hills. This is Devikulam. A dainty town sixteen kilometres southwest of Munnar.
A perfect picture of fairy-tale enchantment. The legend has it that once Sita Devi, the holy consort of Lord Rama, came down to frolic in the lake and the place came to be spoken about as 'Devikulam' (meaning the lake of the goddess), ever since.
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MAIN ATTRACTIONSChinnar Wildlife Sanctuary: North of Devikulam, around 60 kms away, sprawls the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. With a sandalwood forest on the nearer end, it falls away as a thorny, rain-shadowed scrub jungle found nowhere else in Kerala.
This is where one could find the highly endangered species of both the Grizzled Giant Squirrel (last worldwide count: less than 200) and the Star Tortoise, in addition to a large population of Gaur.
Deep within the sanctuary, one comes across the massive Thoovanam Falls on the river Chinnar. Recently erected watchtowers rise high above the vegetation and permit a fascinating view of the game.
TRAVEL INFORMATION HOW TO GET THEREThe ascent to Devikulam from Cochin takes 4 ½ hours (149 kms), while from Kottayam one can reach there in just under 4 hours (132 kms).
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New Technique Allows Ovarian Cancer Patients to Have Children

2008-11-12T10:30:00.001-08:00

Many girls and women who are struck with ovarian cancer lose their ability to have children due to a hysterectomy surgery or the intense treatment they undergo. Dr. Jacques Donnez has now found a way to preserve the ovarian tissue of these young girls and women before their ovaries are destroyed. Typically, an egg is preserved, but usually it won’t survive the freezing that must occur unless it has been fertilized by a male. This is often not an option for women without a partner or girls who are already traumatized by their disease and upcoming treatment. Donnez, however, has found a way to sample the ovarian tissue without fertilization, freeze it and re-implant the tissue years later, when the patient has recovered. So far, Donnez has published an article describing five women who underwent this procedure. Ranging from 21 to 28, the five women had their ovarian tissue sampled and preserved. The tissue was preserved by freezing it at -196°C and keeping it in this state for five years, until doctors could be sure the patients were healthy and that their cancer had not recurred. After this ovarian tissue was re-implanted at least five years later, it began to function normally in approximately four to five months. In 2004 Donnez published an article announcing one of these women had become pregnant 11 months after the surgery to re-implant her ovarian tissue. She went on to give birth to a healthy baby girl. Although Donnez cautions that this procedure works best on women younger than 35 years old, he believes it holds much hope for future ovarian cancer patients. So far, six healthy pregnancies have been reported throughout the world. Donnez hopes that more doctors will accept this technique as an ethically imperative one which will allow women to preserve their ability to have children and as a result, begin suggesting

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2008-11-12T10:13:00.000-08:00

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KNOW ABOUT KERALA

2008-11-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

GODS OWN CREATION.
Sandwiched between the Lakshwadeep Sea and the Western Ghats, Kerala is a bustling little green-and-silver, coconuts-and-water state on the west coast of India. It is bounded by Karnataka to the north, Tamil Nadu to the east, and the Arabian Sea to the west. Thiruvananthapuram is its capital.
Every district in Kerala has it's own unique culture and characteristics. Thiruvananthapuram is known for it's beach- Kovalam, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and various museums and palaces; Alappuzha for it's backwaters, Thrissur, the cultural capital, Kottayam for it's ancient churches, Kozhikode for it's old world charm and the entrancing Ponmudi or Golden valley.
Capital:Though a bit of a tongue-twister, Thiruvananthapuram - the present official name, is closer to it's mythological origins. The word ' Thiru ananthapuram' means the city of Anantha or the abode of the sacred thousand-headed serpent Anantha, who forms the couch on which reclines Lord Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu trinity.
Built on seven hills, it was the capital of the Venad chieftains. The city has grown as a tourist and commercial centre, with the International airport becoming the main gateway into Kerala. Being the state capital, it also throbs with political activity.
In 1498, Vasco da Gama made his historic landing on the Malabar Coast. In 1723, the East India Company signed a strategic treaty with King Marthanda Varma. For a few decades, Hyder Ali and his son -Tipu sultan proved to be a thorn in the flesh of the British, sweeping down several times into Kerala. In 1947, it was the turn of the British to pack their bags. The People: Kerala also has considerable ethnic diversity. The Malayali majority belong to the Dravidian group (local race) of early Indian peoples.