Bars are best
Pearly pink, lemon drop yellow lime green, aqua and clear sunshine – Pick me! They cry – all the pretty plastic bottles. So ‘herbal’, so ‘natural’ – cherry and turmeric, […]
Category Archives: Environment
Earth Day song: Make the planet bloom again
A year ago, when the first Covid wave hit us, people were all going on about how nature was retaliating, and how humans were going to learn not to abuse […]
Is scale all- important?
I’ve talked before, in my post on Green Warriors, of the loneliness of trying to do the right thing on your own. In an effort to scale up a little, […]
Earth’s enemy: the JCB
Right up there with dynamite and the atomic bomb. There’s nothing as chilling as the approach of the JCB. In a few hours, it can raze an entire landscape: trees, […]
Travel bugged
“There is no happiness for him who does not travel, Rohita! Thus we have heard. Living in the society of men, the best man becomes a sinner… therefore, wander!… The […]
Best job in the world
Ha! I’m not going to start this post with a picture, because that would give the game away too quickly. Instead, I’m going to let you guess. Hint 1: It’s […]
Green warriors
In an earlier post, I wrote about my attempts to live a plastic-free life. I felt, and still sometimes feel, like I was struggling alone against the entire system. But […]
It’s not always pretty
Until now, I’ve posted only the pretty pictures. But now the truth: sometimes, this is what it looks like. Fires everywhere! In summer the villagers set fire to the brush, […]
Dear Prime Minister
We are a very democratic country, and it is possible to write to our Prime Minister. So, tired of the endless talk about demonetisation and jallikattu, and none at all […]
Night of the elephant
Last weekend, we finally saw our first elephant at the farm. Until now, it’s been a case of ‘by their works shall ye know them’. Every time we are at […]
The Long View 