Reportage After winter, yellow sun and cheer mark February The colour of egg yolk spills over in our life – and gone are the bleached, cold, harsh tones of...
Reportage The Little Brown Jobs that flit about in winter Winter birds are tiny tornadoes that teach us that size does not matter. They tell us that life is all...
Reportage|Columns COVID19 and bird flu: If birds drop dead, we are at risk too This is why governments are now trying to work on One Health – a concept that links ecosystem protection, good...
Columns 2020: A year of challenges, frustrations, and learning This year has been replete with challenges. Many people have had to fend for themselves and done chores they have...
Columns Band, baaja, blessings and a big bottle of sanitiser The pandemic has thrown many challenges, none more perplexing than the planning of an Indian wedding that is all about...
Columns Birdwatching with the buffalos A lazy afternoon, by the waterbody spent watching buffalos soaking in the sun and spotting birds that had flown in...
Columns Despite the pollution, the myriad colours of winter blossoms make cities tolerable The air is full of winter perfume – the uplifting Parijat or Shiuli is throwing its blossoms on the ground,...
Columns All creatures great and small: The wetlands are home to a humming eco-system There was monsoon in the air. I was under the pretty skies when I heard the sound. A buzzing…like a...
Columns You may have not noticed the dragonflies but they do us a valuable service It is hard to believe that an ordinary dragonfly protects your life. The dragonfly gobbles disease carrying insects like mosquitoes,...
Columns Chai pe charcha: A journey across Indian cultures, having tea and conversations From being offered thick fresh buffalo milk in Rajasthan, to salt and fat for tea in Ladakh, the warmth of...