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  • Meditation in the Mountains: The Palani Hills’ Bodhi Zendo

    by Kartikeya Jain

    Five thirty am. It’s pitch black outside. Only frogs croak in the dark undergrowth. Suddenly, a bell…

  • Sowing the Future

    by Reena Raghavamoorthy

    A wave of nostalgia swept over me as I walked through the serene campus of Kodaikanal’s Sacred…

  • Snakes, On A Different Plane

    by KAMINI GOPAL

    If you love reptiles and reading, there’s a good chance you’ve read Snakeman by Zai Whitaker. Published…

  • The Ghost of Good Work in Wayanad: How the Gadgil Commission Tried to Save the Western Ghats  

    by Siddhartha Krishnan

    The world is facing a climate emergency, and on 31 July 2024, the people of the Nilgiri…

  • The Green Queen of Spices: Cardamom’s Future in the Western Ghats      

    by Sharmila Vaidyanathan

    In a tiny nook in my kitchen lies a small packet whose contents are firmly secured by…

  • Voyages through Vatta

    by Sumanto Mondal

    In 2010, as our semester drew to an end, my college gang was eager to vacation off…

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Farewell TKC, Hello Sky Islands!

Dear Reader, One day, more than three years ago, a group of…

Community

Sowing the Future

by Reena Raghavamoorthy
Community/Environment

A wave of nostalgia swept over me as I walked through the serene campus of Kodaikanal’s Sacred…

Voyages through Vatta

by Sumanto Mondal
Community/ForExport

In 2010, as our semester drew to an end, my college gang was eager to vacation off…

Hidden Spaces: Inside Kodaikanal’s Solar Observatory

by Kartikeya Jain
Community

P Manikandan, or Sathish, assists scientists with valuable record-keeping at the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KSO). Following in…

A Slow Walk Through the Nilgiri Hills 

by Sneha Thomas
Community/ForExport

‘Smell this,’ Anne directs, crushing a leaf from a cypress hedge and placing it in my palm.…

Environment

Sowing the Future

by Reena Raghavamoorthy
Community/Environment

A wave of nostalgia swept over me as I walked through the serene campus of Kodaikanal’s Sacred…

The Ghost of Good Work in Wayanad: How the Gadgil Commission Tried to Save the Western Ghats  

by Siddhartha Krishnan
Environment

The world is facing a climate emergency, and on 31 July 2024, the people of the Nilgiri…

Rewilding in God’s Own Country: The Little Flower Farm Story

by Reena Raghavamoorthy
Environment/ForExport

To enter the 7-acre expanse of Little Flower Farms is to experience life in the lush forests…

Think Like Moss: Lessons in Ecology from the Forest Elders 

by Richa Kaul Padte
Environment/Culture/ForExport

Ever heard the saying ‘A rolling stone gathers no moss’?…

Culture

Meditation in the Mountains: The Palani Hills’ Bodhi Zendo

by Kartikeya Jain
Culture

Five thirty am. It’s pitch black outside. Only frogs croak in the dark undergrowth. Suddenly, a bell…

Snakes, On A Different Plane

by KAMINI GOPAL
Culture

If you love reptiles and reading, there’s a good chance you’ve read Snakeman by Zai Whitaker. Published…

The Kumaon Himalayas are a scenic range of mountains located in the west-central part of the Himalayas, largely within the state of Uttarakhand. Seen here: the high alpine pastures or bugyal of Khaliya, above Munsiyari. (Photo: Vaibhav Kaul)

The Quieter Life: Slow Living in the Mountains

by Nilanjana Roy
Culture

The first time I spent a few weeks on my own in a small Kumaoni village near…

Komorebi

by Tanmayi Gidh
Culture

My fingertips feel the soft, damp touch of the moss, spread in clusters across the weathering brick…

Food

The Green Queen of Spices: Cardamom’s Future in the Western Ghats      

by Sharmila Vaidyanathan
Food

In a tiny nook in my kitchen lies a small packet whose contents are firmly secured by…

Eating into the Wild

by Simrit Malhi
Food

For eight years, I lived right by a reserve forest teeming with wildlife in the Shola forests…

Brewing Biodiversity: The Secret of Truly Special Artisanal Coffee

by Sharmila Vaidyanathan
Food/ForExport

India's coffee scene has never been more buzzing—or more unpredictable. We speak to historians, coffee-growers, and artisanal…

The Cosmos in Your Dustbin

by Neha Sumitran
Food

It was a warm, summer evening in Mumbai: fans were whirring, pressure-cookers were whistling, and in the…

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