Elections are almost upon us!
India will be 77 this year, and this is going to be a crucial election in the history of our country. It’s a fight for the India envisioned and enshrined […]
India will be 77 this year, and this is going to be a crucial election in the history of our country. It’s a fight for the India envisioned and enshrined […]
This morning we were delighted to welcome two new arrivals. Their Amma must have popped out for refreshments. On my next trip past the nest (it is on the way […]
Here I sit Waiting. Stomp around me in your boots, music blaring Bring on the predators Bring on the bulldozers I will not move I will not open my eyes. […]
February has come roaring in like an inferno, as usual. We spend our days putting out fires, watering our plants diligently, and processing our crops. 2023 was a severe drought […]
It’s all done and dusted and Ram Lalla has been installed at Ayodhya today. I see others dissenting against the prevailing sentiment of jubilation in the country and want to […]
The fabulous cover of A Walk Up the Hill is almost impossible to resist! An autobiography, it is also an assessment of the state of the environment in India (in […]
Gens X, Y, Z and the millennials may never have heard of The Solitary Reaper, but everyone of my generation – the baby boomers – would have had to ‘by-heart’ […]
I’m really excited to share a story from the People’s Archive of Rural India, an amazing endeavour to document what it’s like, before it vanishes forever. In this particular article, […]
Some years ago, I wrote about our rainwater harvesting system. At some point, we finally got round to painting them. We are not proud of the result, but I’m posting […]
Have you ever watched a cow standing calmly in the rain? And wondered why you can’t be like that, accepting that what is, is? I have, often. And thought that […]