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Gujjar Bakarwals belonged to Jammu Kashmir. They were herders of sheep and goat. In winter, they lived in the low hills of Shiwalik range   Gaddi shepherds belonged to Himachal Pradesh. During winter ,they stayed in the low hills of Shiwalik range By April, they moved north and spent the summer in Lahul  and Spitti. In garhwal and kumaon, the gujjar cattle herders came down to the dry forests of bhabhar in the winter and went up to the high meadows, the bugyals in summer. Dhangars were an important pastoral community of Madhya  Pradesh The gollas, kuribas and kurumas were important pastoral communities of the dry central plateau of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Raikas lived in the deserts of Rajasthan. Before partition in 1947, they used to migrate to Sindh and grazed their animals on the banks of indus. Maru Raikas herded camel. Another group of Raikas reared sheep and goat. The British believed all grazing lands as wastelands. From the mid nineteenth century, British enacted wastelan

"AND THEN THERE WERE NONE " . .. If you are a fan of Agatha Christie and like her stories very much than you probably know this book which I am talking about( or writing about ). And since you are a fan of Agatha Christie I will presume that you had probably read one or more of Agatha Christie's books before reading this one. So I will also assume that you had at least a little idea about what to expect from this book and its plot... BUT WHAT ABOUT ME ? COZ THIS WAS MY FIRST AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOK AND I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT ! And when I read this book, believe me, it just blew my mind away ! I had literally never ever read such a mind blowing book before. How could I , because before reading this book, the only author's books which I read were of Enid Blyton, and if you have ever read an Enid Blyton book, you probably know the difference in the level of their stories and you might be able to imagine the amount of joy and thrill which I got from reading '

the ABC murders... My god ! What a breathtakingly amazing book. I just finished reading it yesterday and it just blew my mind away ! This is a masterpiece even from Agatha Christie's standards !  ( and we all know just how brilliant an author Agatha Christie is! ) But enough of the chit-chat, you probably came here to read the book review ad not how it blew my mind away. So lets get started with the review of THE ABC MURDERS. THE ABC MURDERS:- Generally, in most of Agatha Christie's books, we see a murder being committed and then the murderer trying his best to hide each and every clue which can get him caught and tries his best to maintain a low profile and stay out of the list of suspects. But guess what, this time Christie tried a new approach ! Because this time the murderer does not want to maintain a low profile but rather wants to make a splash in the public eye. He wants to make a reign of terror ! and guess what else, this time he has openly challenged our favorite de

 "This is a completely honest review and is not influenced by anybody." FAMOUS FIVE It is every authors ambition to become known and to be loved by his/her readers. Not many accomplish it, but those who do, always stay in the memories of their readers. Enid Mary Blyton is one of those rare writers. Enid Blyton not only wrote a humongous amount of stories ( at least 600 ) but wrote such great stories that almost each of her books became a bestseller. One such series written by Enid Blyton is 'THE FAMOUS FIVE'. One of her best series, the books of series broke huge number of records. Wanna know how it all started ? Then lets have a look at the first book of this series:- 'Five On A Treasure Island'  FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND:- The book's lead characters are 2 brothers and a sister, Julian, Dick and Anne and their cousin Georgina,  with Julian being the eldest, Georgina and dick being of the same age, and Anne being the youngest. Julian, Dick and Anne meet Ge

Phobias, almost every person in the present world has one phobia or the other .And those weird names of different phobias don't make it any easier. Keeping this in mind, lets have a look at some of the common and '' not-so- easy to remember " phobias:- Acrophobia:- fear of heights Aerophobia:- fear of flying Agoraphobia:- fear of public space Ailurophobia:- fear of cats Amathophobia:- fear of dust Arachnophobia:- fear of spiders Astraphobia:- fear of lightning Claustrophobia:- fear of closed-in spaces Emetophobia:- fear of vomiting Ereuthophobia:- fear of blushing Haematophobia:- fear of blood Microphobia:- fear of germs/small things Nyctophobia:- fear of the dark Mysophobia:- fear of dirt Ochlophobia:- fear of crowds Ornithophobia:- fear of birds Pathophobia:- fear of disease Pnigophobia:- fear of choking Pteronophobia:- fear of feathers Pyrophobia:- fear of fire Xenophobia:- fear of strangers Zoophobia:- fear of animals