Our Family and Other Animals

An edited version of this blog post was published in my March 2022 column of ‘Rooting For Nature’ in Deccan Herald. The blog post has more images that didn’t make it to the print column….

Elephants of Sakrebyle

This article is the unedited version of the final travelogue published on JLR Explore, the official blog of Jungle Lodges and Resorts here.  My earliest memories of elephants are thankfully not in zoos but in…

A ‘Soree’ Affair

An edited version of this article was published in the ‘Humour’ column of the November 4th, 2018 print and online editions of Sunday Herald, the Sunday supplement of Deccan Herald. While you see the print…

Europe on Eurail – Happiness on a Train

An edited version of this article was published in the April 19th, 2018 print and online editions of The Hindu, in their MetroPlus Travel Supplement. The published online and print versions are linked at the…

A Gift of a Tree

An edited version of this appeared in Deccan Herald in my monthly Sunday column. After a long and rather arduous search of nearly eight years, we have finally found our little piece of paradise, a…

Soaring with Sea Eagles

This article is the unedited version of the final travelogue published on JLR Explore, the official blog of Jungle Lodges and Resorts here. A rather disappointing family trip to Goa in October 2017 had put…

Of Cleanliness and Convenience

“I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and for you, and I think to myself, What a Wonderful World….” So goes Louis Armstrong’s lilting song. Each time I…