Boarding the Himalayan Ark
Getting to this village is a hike in itself. You are always hiking. Visiting the local market means a kilometre long walk through oak-, pine- and rhododendron-lined rocky lanes;…
A Dispatch from the Mountains
The Word for Literature Is Ecofiction
The thirst of this mountainside is insatiable. Day or night, the rain comes in all tempos. Furiously sluicing through the forest in arrows or tumbling down in grim sheets.…
Magic of the Night: Tuning in to the Fireflies of Kodaikanal
What does the presence (or absence) of fireflies tell us about an ecosystem?…
Dear Reader, When I first returned to my hometown in the mountains more than two years ago,…
What does the presence (or absence) of fireflies tell us about an ecosystem?…
Sirumalai, a rural health venture in Kodaikanal sends ripples across villages in Vilpatti Panchayat…
It was a warm, summer evening in Mumbai: fans were whirring, pressure-cookers were whistling, and in the…
We—the monkeys and I—began our relationship on a bad note. In January 2020, I made a partial…
In my mid-20s, when I decided to embark on reading German writer Thomas Mann’s novel, The Magic…
Meet the smaller, lesser-known residents of the Palani Hills mountain ecosystem…
‘There’s nothing in nature that is not enthralling, but what fascinates me the most are birds: their…
There are many ways to compost, depending on where you live and what you wish to compost.…
Often, when I am home in Kodai, feeling stuck at work, I step away from my laptop…