19. Feature - Amazing Banana Art

The innovative ideas of human beings are outstanding. And if that person who creates a new thing is an artist, then whatever he creates, provides immense pleasure to others. In this context Banana art is a latest development of drawing on a yellow banana or carving on a peeled banana.


When talking about Banana art the very first name comes in this field is Japanese artist Keisuke Yamada. Recently he is in news as he has created a number of banana arts by carving human faces resembling different characters of movies and also normal human faces with different expressions.

Among the created faces the faces of Elvis and Davey Jones from Pirates of The Caribbean have become more popular.

He uses a toothpick and a spoon as tools to create those figures. If I am not wrong this is for the first time the arts has been done on peeled bananas.


Banana art is an art drawn on a banana. This is a category of Fruity art. The artists need to be very fast in this form of art to perform, as nature will not allow them abundant time to create. The time limit is approximately half an hour to carve the art on the peeled banana otherwise it will start to rot and turn brown.

Yamada, who is an electrician, has a funny habit of eating those bananas after taking a photo of the created art.


Till now Banana art was limited to unpeeled bananas only. Mr. Riss a Canada based designer first thought of the idea to draw on a banana.

We here at 'News and Features' expect more in future from these talented creative artists and wish them all the best.

18. Feature - The Beauty of Light

Light is the symbol of positivity, prosperity, enlightenment, wisdom and so many other positive factors. Light is used both physically and philosophically. Have you thought any day that if there would not have been light in the earth how we could have survived? The answer is - Life cannot survive without light. However in modern times light sources are used to create beautiful effect to see, enjoy and to be illuminated.

A few Interesting points about Light -

1. Lighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. It includes both daylight and Artificial light.

2. Light travels approximately 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum.

3. The term 'Optics' means study of light and it is an important research area in modern physics.

4. Light is measured with two main sets of units - radiometry and photometry.

5. The International Dark-sky Association (IDA)  defines Light pollution as any adverse effect of artificial light including sky glow, glare, light trespass, light clutter, decreased visibility at night and energy waste.

Light is a wonderful source to create a beautiful scene which can provide real fun and entertainment.

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16. Feature - Famous Women Fashion Gossips

   Fashion governs the time. It may be in dress, haircut, bangles, wrist watch, jewelry or in any other creative item. However, it has been observed that though men adopt some limited styles, women have a deep thirst for fashion.

Fashion is the current trend in look and outfit. Towards the beginning of the 20th Century  fashion magazines started to publish images of fashion designs and it was marked as a superb technique of business to catch the public. 

Salwar Kameej is the first choice of Indian women. It provides a sober but beautiful and attractive look to the ladies. Adding to that colorful experiments for greater look has been widely successful for this category of  outfit of women. 

The international and national fashion awards and competitions have created a large market for fashion throughout the world.

When western countries fashion has adopted a mono color trend more with an official look, Indian and south Asian culture has a more inclination towards colorful bridal presentation.

Beauty is undoubtedly the ruling meter of success in the society.Women get respect and attention according to her beauty. Naturally beautiful women are always beautiful and they don't need to worry more. But average and less beautiful women need to give more attention to make them beautiful. However with the choice of proper fashion the look of a lady can be changed from an ugly one to an amazingly  beautiful one.

The fashion industry consists of four levels. First the production of raw materials, second the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors and others and third the retail sales of the items and fourth the advertising and promotion in various sources so as to reach the message of its existence in the market for public adoption.

Fashion provides personality. Personality attracts or distracts another person towards us. Dress has a dominant role to play to give a good personality look to a person. So choice of dress is an important factor to  properly present yourself in the society. The range of choice is very much wide in todays time. Women should take the benefit of this to make them more and more beautiful by this charming trend of outfits.

15. News - Shocking tsunami of Japan

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11th 2011 popularly known as "Eastern Japan Great Earthquake disaster" was a 9.0 magnitude undersea mega thrust earthquake off the coast of Japan which occurred at 14 : 46 Japan Standard Time.

The original point of origin of the earthquake which is called the epicenter was approximately 72 kms east of the Oshika Peninsula of tohoku. The Oshika Peninsula is a peninsula that projects southeast into the Pacific Ocean from the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeast Honshu, the main island of Japan. Tohoku region of Japan is also known as Michinoku.

The earthquake triggered tsunami waves of up to 37.9 meters that struck Japan within minutes after the quake.

This earthquake is one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world overall since modern record keeping began in 1900. After World War II this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan.

The quake moved Honshu, the largest island of Japan, 2.4 meter east and shifted the Earth on its axis by almost 10 cm.

Around 15,000 deaths, 5000 injuries and 15000 people missing has been reported. Also 125,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. It caused heavy damage to whole communication system of Japan and a dam collapsed.

In respect to atomic disaster this earthquake and tsunami created the most complex situation as all reactors at the Fukushima nuclear Power Plant are involved. However, it was the second largest nuclear accident after the Chernobyl disaster.

Huge thanks to people of all the countries who have offered their helping hand to this crisis. Around 116 Countries and 28 international organizations have provided assistance to Japan to fight with the unfortunate situation.

News and Features also sincerely regrets for this unfortunate event. Let hope for the best for Japan.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlra6kv26z8

13. News - World's smallest girl – Jyoti from Maharastra, India

 Jyoti Amge is the smallest girl/teenager of this time. Her height is 1ft 11 inches means 58 cm. Her age is 14 years now and she weights 5 K.G. she is very much normal and studies in class 8th in a regular school. Jyoti is from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Jyoti is a dwarf and she is affected with Achondroplasia. Achondroplasia is one of several congenital conditions with similar presentations. It occurs as a sporadic mutation or may be inherited in a genetic disorder. A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

 This little angel has been treated as a mini celebrity in her place. She aims to work in Bollywood, the world's second large Film Industry after Hollywood.

This Daughter of Kishenji and Ranjana Amje, thinks herself very much normal and not at all worried of her abnormality. Rather she is happy and proud of this. She behaves alike other girls of her age to develop a love for jewelry and fashionable outfits.

The news of this tiny girl recalls us the story ' Tom thumb', where a cart was seen driven by nobody. But when observed in micro level it was found that a small dwarf boy of human thumb height is sitting in the ear of one of the horses, driving the cart. In fact he was commanding and the huge first running animals were pulling the cart to his order. It was a fascinating story but now it is real as we have got Jyoti.

We at News and Features wish all the best to jyoti for every constructive aim she keeps.