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Voyages through Vatta

by Sumanto Mondal
May 30, 2024April 5, 2025

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

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

by Reena Raghavamoorthy
February 26, 2024April 5, 2025

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

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A Slow Walk Through the Nilgiri Hills 

by Sneha Thomas
February 2, 2024April 5, 2025

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

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Brewing Biodiversity: The Secret of Truly Special Artisanal Coffee

by Sharmila Vaidyanathan
January 8, 2024April 5, 2025

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

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Think Like Moss: Lessons in Ecology from the Forest Elders 

by Richa Kaul Padte
June 16, 2023April 5, 2025

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

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When Romance Meets Reality: What It’s Really Like to Live in the Hills 

by Priyashri Mani
May 1, 2023April 5, 2025

As someone who spent their childhood in crowded cities, I have found the mountains hold a sort…

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Escape Route: Tales from the Legendary Kodai-Munnar Road

by Sunayana Choudhry
March 5, 2023April 5, 2025

"We were driving on a road—little more than a dirt track with large pot holes—the car’s headlights…

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Cleaning Up the Nilgiris

by Malati Mukherjee
January 30, 2023April 5, 2025

Meeting Dr Raees Muhammed on a cold winter morning at a friend’s office in Coonoor, I am…

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For the Love of Butterfruit: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Avocados from Seed

by Shaker Nagarajan
April 10, 2022April 5, 2025

A detailed growing guide to nurturing avocados, from a veteran farmer in the Palani Hills of Kodaikanal…

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First Light on Eagle Cliff, in Palani Hills

Mapping the Shola Sky Islands

by Divya Kilikar
September 3, 2022April 5, 2025

‘I wouldn’t say the sky islands of the southern Western Ghats are shrinking or being destroyed. Rather,…

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