A beautiful day, and a writerly exercise
Today has been a glorious day, the sort of day when you’re grateful to be alive. I took a dozen photos, but then I thought: if I call myself a […]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
The congress walk
Ha! I meant congress grass, all you political types! Congress-with-a-capital-C may bring its own troubles, but this congress grass, aka Parthenium hysterophorus, is fast becoming the bane of my life. […]
To moong and ragi, siblings in a field
There was a hasty woman Who ploughed some crooked lines And she planted out some ragi And some moong beans looking craggy, And they all grew together in the crooked […]
Shankh pushpi
This is a beautiful creeper with bright, ink-blue, conch-shaped flowers. It is used in several Ayurvedic medicines, being primarily recommended as a brain tonic. However, there is some controversy about […]
The Hidden Life of Trees: Book review
I read this book in almost one gulp. Very easy to read, with an engaging style, and I learnt a few things I didn’t know about trees. The central idea […]
