As we head towards an impending water-crisis, here are a few the things we can all do to save and store the blue gold.
...Full StoryZoos are not panopticons. The animal comes first.
...Full StoryDrogon not avenging his mother's murder, and obliterating the cycle of violence is a fantastic glimpse into a more-than-human point of view.
...Full StorySee goodness emerge from the fallow spaces by just letting them be — here are a few things you can do to help wildlife this summer.
...Full StoryThe Aravallis are much more than an aesthetic setting to the National Capital Region. It is the natural entity that protects us from desertification, holds crucial water reserves and protects us from global warming.
...Full StoryThe Yamuna River, tucked into the farthest corners of the mind for most of the year, is being parted and cleaved by thousands of beaks and wings.
...Full StoryThis year onwards, we need to pressurise our lawmakers, and ourselves, to be ecological patriots. There is really no other way for robust citizenship.
...Full StoryNatural history and wildlife writing in a decolonised set-up has no obvious traps of power. It is instead sensitive, scientific and occasionally, about love.
...Full StoryIf elephants are to survive, much more intensive habitat management is needed.
...Full StoryWhile India gets tens of thousands of migratory birds, we have not had sustained conservation work for many species.
...Full StoryDespite several protests, the suspected man-eater was killed in a midnight encounter. There was no state-approved vet present.
...Full StoryThe fact that most of our Gods are supposed to depart through the conduit of flowing rivers is laced with irony.
...Full StoryDeath of 23 lions in Gir, death sentence to 'man-eater' Avni — all these prove that it's time we looked beyond cosmetic solutions.
...Full StoryThe non-human characters, like the flood, paddy fields, and the natural landscape are almost as important as the people in the movie.
...Full StoryA tree is so many things — a landmark, a protective cover, a canopy of memories and so much more.
...Full StoryThere are more accounts of men in jungles with rolled-up shirt sleeves, colonising the land in their country-side brogues, than of women going through wild spaces.
...Full StoryWe need to understand nature is the basis for life, we need planning with conservation, not destruction, at its heart.
...Full StoryMost of these buildings with high roofs and scientific ventilation are more climate-friendly than any of the new buildings.
...Full StoryWildlife is dying unloved, unmourned, because of us.
...Full StoryThe fact that they hunt does not mean the entire species needs to be demonised and clubbed to death in acts of revenge.
...Full StoryWith rising, apocalyptic air pollution, trees are a natural buffer we will literally choke without.
...Full StoryLet’s learn to protect them.
...Full StorySpring is a time of celebration that is hard to ignore. It’s a time to get out there and look at the sky and the sea, the bough and the boulder.
...Full StoryThe old city's heritage is not just its ancient bazaars, tombs, and monuments but also its ecology.
...Full StoryIt isn’t a platitude to say that people of all faiths regularly visit the puja pandals.
...Full StoryDragons shouldn't just be military weapons, Games of Thrones needs to characterise its beasts better.
...Full StoryThe movie will steal up on you, striking you with eerie terror.
...Full StoryThe list of exempted goods will make one feel that we consume horse steak and have deer antlers hanging up on our walls.
...Full StoryThe heat of the moment declares that we need to go on massive tree plantation and tree preservation drives in our cities.
...Full StoryThe second movie is not a champion of feminism but is still several bounds ahead.
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