The Tree of Life
An edited version of this post appeared as ‘A tree that longed for the sky’, an article for ‘Rooting For Nature,’ my monthly column in Deccan Herald. The published column is linked here. A very special…
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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…
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…
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…
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…