“The tiger is the very soul of India, and when the last tiger has gone, so will the soul of the country” – Ruskin Bond Is all really well with India’s national animal? Today, on World Tiger Day 2019, the Indian prime minister Shri Narendra Modi released the most-recent tiger census, undertaken by the National…
A photostory of my fieldwork in Vembanad Lake, Kerala...
As Mother's Day draws closer, my pen sketches words of love for my motherland...this time in poetry, not prose...
A photo story of my recent visit to Gandikota, a heritage site nestled amongst the Eramala Hills of Andhra Pradesh...
Musings from 30,000 ft in the air on desert ecosystems and their shrouded mysteries
This Wildlife Week 2018, click to read about my first encounter with one of the rare endemics of the Nilgiri Hills, the Nilgiri Langur!
The long-snouted gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) has been my favourite crocodilian from the moment I saw one at the Madras Crocodile Bank at the age of six. Well, to be specific, there must have been at least ten floating lazily in the brackish water of their enclosure, but it was feeding time, and one particularly ambitious…
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…
The forests of India are alive with the presence of the tiger, whether or not one actually sees this magnificent cat. To the amateur wildlife enthusiast, the cat is a treat to spot at national parks and wildlife reserves. To the seasoned biologist or those who share space with the tiger, it is a ghost.…
In India, where people and wildlife often find themselves on each other's doorstep, the public mindset towards nature can go three ways. It can blossom into a healthy respect and love for our beautiful wildlife, or it can result in a matter-of-fact ambivalence towards our wild neighbours. Occasionally, relations between people and wildlife go sour.…
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