A Golden Harvest
On a sweltering summer’s afternoon, I drove around frantically, popping in and out of villages in Navilu Kaadu’s vicinity. A pair of boys barely out of their teens led the way on a motorbike, while…
Category: Farming
Stargazing Dung Beetles
An edited version of this post appeared as ‘Life with the insect astronomer’ an article for ‘Rooting For Nature,’ my monthly column in Deccan Herald. The published column is linked here. I kept my eyes peeled…
Keeper turns Trapper
This post originally appeared in ‘Rooting For Nature’, my monthly column in Deccan Herald. The published column is linked here. Most fields in Navilu Kaadu’s vicinity are rainfed and lie fallow in between planting seasons. Our…
A Tangy Harvest
This post appeared as ‘Tangy Tips from the Tamarind,’ an article for ‘Rooting For Nature,’ my monthly column in Deccan Herald. I am sharing it here with more images. The published column is linked here….
Fantastical Creatures on a Mango Plant
This post originally appeared as ‘Marauders on mango plants’, an article for ‘Rooting For Nature’, my monthly column in Deccan Herald. This version has a few more images. The published column is linked here. It was…
A Tree Lost, A Tree Gained
Nearly two years after we set foot on Navilu Kaadu, we realized with much heartache that two full-grown banyan trees once adorned our land. Visiting farmhands described the trees they seemed to have known well…
Drought, Deluge and the Death of a Tree
When a banyan is felled to make up for crop loss, who compensates the squirrels, the hornbills, barbets and the bee-eaters, parakeets, mynas, the wasps and the bees, and so many more beings for the colossal loss they suffer??
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….