Leander Paes, the icon of the Indian tennis will soon be witnessed in a cartoon series. The person who has won many laurels for the country in the international tennis circuit will be found in the roe of a miracle man who comes to the aid of school kids in each of the 26 half-hour episodes being planned. The series destine to promote values of an active outdoor lifestyle, healthy eating habits an..
This U.S. concept of national parks soon caught on in other countries. Canada created Banff National Park in the 1880s, at the same time as the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway was being built. Parks such as Banff and Yellowstone gained favor as the railroads advertised travel to "the great wild spaces" of North America. When outdoorsman Teddy Roosevelt became president of the United States, he began to enlarge the U.S. National Parks system, and established the National Forest system. [2]