Hard working dads of the natural world
A few weeks back was Father's day. When my daughters wished me with a lovely card they had made, it got me thinking. There are so many hard at work dads in the natural world [...]
Great Hornbills – Courtship
Great Hornbills are majestic, large sized birds of the high canopied rainforests, across the South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the larger species of hornbills, growing to be anywhere between 3 & 4 [...]
Mysteries of a rainforest night
Nights in a rainforest are far from being a silent affair. The whole forest seems to come alive as the darkness sets in. While the day time performers of a musical symphony are the cicadas, [...]
Elephant – swimming across for love
Elephants can swim. I had heard and read about that. The sea faring elephants of the Andamans and Sri Lanka are very well known. Legends like the elephant named Rajan, of the Andamans, was featured [...]
Best of 2017 in pictures
Year 2017 saw a good variety of destinations for me. Starting off with birding in Goa and Bharatpur to Corbett, Kabini and Sundarbans followed by monsoon macro at Agumbe, Nilgiris, Valparai and Munnar. Finishing off [...]
Meghalaya – Land of the clouds, rain and fog
Meghalaya - The name comes from two Sanskrit words, 'Megh' meaning clouds and 'Alaya' meaning abode, "The abode of the clouds". So very apt. Visit the place in monsoon or just post monsoon and you [...]
The raider and the myna
While ambling along the backwaters, winding through the magical mangroves of Sundarbans, we moved past a dry stump of a tree. Something caught our eyes. There was something, like a tail, dangling down from the [...]
Hampi – a sunset in paradise
Sunset is surely an everyday, common place phenomenon. However, whenever I see one, I seem to get drawn in. There is something peaceful, blissful, and relaxing in admiring the beauty of a setting sun and [...]
Minimalism in nature photography
Minimalism is one of the interesting and powerful concepts or styles in photography, irrespective of the genre. 'Less is more' is a popular phrase which says: "that which is less complicated is better understood and [...]