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Plectrurus guntheri & Silybura nilgherriensis

Mapping the ‘Two-headed’ Snake: Shielding our Shieldtails

by Jacob Cherian
December 18, 2021May 23, 2022

A new citizen science initiative aims to record sightings of the elusive Shieldtail snake, a common species…

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Flowers of a Garden in the Sky: Red, Green, and Glorious – The Photogenic Poinsettia

by Girija Viraraghavan
December 18, 2021May 23, 2022

From Mexican legend to contemporary Christmas icon, this striking flower is seen in many a Kodai garden…

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TKC Podcast Episode 1

Interview with Nik Sekhran, Chief Conservation Officer, WWF-USA

by Jacob Cherian
December 12, 2021May 23, 2022

The Kodai boy who worked in 50 countries: from KIS, to the UN, to the WWF, this…

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Blackburn Shola, 1986 – 2014

by Bob Stewart & Tanya Balcar
November 6, 2021May 23, 2022

Enduring ancient heritage to burgeoning 21ˢᵗ century expansion: a report from inside one of the sholas around…

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An old eucalyptus, and the ground below

How Nature Can Occasionally Beat Human Interference

by Pippa Mukherjee
October 30, 2021February 5, 2024

An experienced local environmentalist explains how conflict and cooperation between the eucalyptus and the sholas can sometimes…

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Suprabha Seshan

Re-growing a Forest: The Remarkable Life of Suprabha Seshan and Her Rewilder Friends

by Darshana Ramdev
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

One of the Western Ghats’ best-known restoration ecologists and conservationists speaks to us from the Gurukula Botanical…

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Matthew King emerging on the southern escarpment near Secret Shola after several days of plantation trekking and getting lost in Mathikettan Shola. Taken on 35mm Kodachrome slide film in May 1990.

A Secret in the Hills

by Ian Lockwood
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

A renowned environmentalist and photographer who grew up in Kodai tells us of Madhikettan Shola, a ‘secret…

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Nik Sekhran

‘You Need to be Locally Connected to Issues’: Interview with WWF CCO Nik Sekhran (Part 2)

by Jacob Cherian
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

The second part of our extensive interview with WWF’s Chief Conservation Officer and former Kodai resident Nik…

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Meet Kodai’s New Conservator of Forests: Interview with S Ramasubramanian

by Jacob Cherian
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

The new Conservator of forests for Kodaikanal talks to us about his favourite sholas, his plans for…

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Black-eyed Susy (Photo: Hans Braxmeier)

That Pretty Black-eyed Susy

by Girija Viraraghavan
October 30, 2021May 23, 2022

Thunbergia alata or black-eyed Susy, the charming ornamental in your garden brings a song to your mouth—and…

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