A village takes women's empowerment into its own hands...Read on to learn about Purkal Village and its grassroots movement, Stree Shakti. Images and experiences recounted from my visit to Purkal in 2014.
I Am Woman, See Me Soar
My Daily Commute to Work
Trying a different style of writing...free-flowing thoughts. This one is a visual journey on my walk to my old workplace, written last year around this time. For nostalgia's sake...
Gandikota: A Jewel on the Cliffs of the Pennar River Gorge
A photo story of my recent visit to Gandikota, a heritage site nestled amongst the Eramala Hills of Andhra Pradesh...
Grains of Gold: Thoughts on Desert Ecosystems
Musings from 30,000 ft in the air on desert ecosystems and their shrouded mysteries
Devil’s Child: My First Sighting of the Nilgiri Langur
This Wildlife Week 2018, click to read about my first encounter with one of the rare endemics of the Nilgiri Hills, the Nilgiri Langur!
Angry River: Following the Kabini During the Monsoons
For the past month, I have had the opportunity to witness the might and beauty of the Kabini River as she flows through the landscapes of Nagarahole and Bandipur Tiger Reserves in southern Karnataka. Here, I delve into a few of the Kabini's many moods that I have seen thus far this monsoon.
No Selfie Control Will Now Cost Karnataka Tourists Dearly
No selfie control is a very real phenomenon in modern-day India. After a very bizarre incident in 2017 when a prominent Indian cricketer and his wife posed in front of a pride of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir National Park, other Indian states have seen a rise in risky behaviour by tourists, most involving cell…
Life in the Hills: Anecdotes from the Garhwal Himalayas
Thunder rumbles as the clouds sweep in, sealing off the valley below. Sitting high up on the water tank of our home, I can look down at the clouds. Around me are swirling puffs of greyish-white, which will form thunderheads as the pressure builds. My forehead throbs; yes, an electrical storm is moving quickly our…
Where Dreams Turn to Dust: Mumbai’s Winter Smog Calamity
The air became more turbulent, and then suddenly, as though a curtain were whipped aside, skyscrapers reared up their grey heads below us, cropping up like the world's fastest-growing grass. Startled, I realized that we were much closer to ground than the view from my window had led me to believe. And the cause of this loss of visibility was evident - smog.
Monsoon Mountains: Field Notes from a Tiger Forest
The Malabar whistling thrush is never a moment late. At 5:53, a peculiar, human-like whistle cuts through the still, pre-dawn air, jaunty and cocksure. He sits somewhere hidden in the huge tree in the courtyard at Hulikanu, staking his territory and doubling up as my morning alarm. But I am already awake and pad outside,…
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