Pradip Chandra Sorcar, the Indian magician who famously performed a trick which made the Taj Mahal disappear from view, plans to open a school of magic. Based on 2,000 years of knowledge, the school is to be based in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.
Ten years ago, Sorcar received the Merlin Award for his contributions to the art of magic from the International Magicians Society in New York.
Fillet of a fenny snake
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blindworm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble,
A handful of chillies and a scoop of curry,
An Indian spell to cause Hogwarts worry.
With apologies to William Shakespeare's witches spell in Macbeth.
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In a recent
article in the Independent, Robert Twigger points out that watching too much television can give the idea that there is nowhere left in the world to explore. You can easily get the impression in one evening, writes Twigger, that you have gone right round the globe. Or even twice, if they're repeating Michael Palin.
However, Robert Twigger passionately believes that exploration is far from being dead and eloquently illustrates what a small percentage of the planet has actually been visited and documented; arguing that the growth in adventure tourism is responsible for a surge in DIY exploration.
To answer this growing interest, he has co-founded the
Explorer School, where adventurers are offered a unique travel experience, combining learning with a genuine expedition to little visited and unrecorded parts of the world. The aim being to equip individuals with the skills necessary to organise their own trips.
Labels: adventure, Adventure Travel, expeditions, explorer, school
