close encounters of the trunked kind
This is an amazing destination, for someone who can see that there are others among the most intelligent species on our planet, this is an fascinating destination.

Yesterday night, saw this frog who’d somehow made it indoors… the size of a thumbnail… seemed to be well adapted to the flooring tiles 🙂 Looking at the movement of the throat… I’d assumed it was the frog’s pulse. Or maybe it was practicing croaking and waiting for me to go away to increase the…
[on a trip to Mudhumalai with some friends] Woke up around 6:30After an uninterrupted sleep. I wanted to make good use of being in the forest and so meditated for some time. All the other guys were still asleep and I stepped out of the cottage after around half an hour into the pristine world…
Enjoyed facilitating this outing for the Socare children.Thankful to Socare and Sunand for connecting me to them for this opportunity. Story of Socare Ind… While commuting to work every day, he (late Mr. Mani) used to pass by the Bangalore Central Jail where he observed children crying outside the gates. With the breadwinner of the…
On an afternoon walk, there were birds all around, and it looked like the slightest movement would drive them off. Standing still and listening, apart from their sounds, there are the sounds of their movements among the leaves all around… captured in audio/video to a little extent. But there was a sense of gratitude in…
Took a night stroll yesterday after a gap… its a nice thing to do every night. The frog-orchestra for which no sophisticated Bose speaker or Dolby Surround System was any match… faded off after a while once they realized we were there. But after a while, they started again… Came across these reflections… what is…
While children’s ability to look around is still unpolluted by the interaction with electronic devices (which is often multi-tasked and at a high speed) they have a keen sense of observation. Snail having a snack (This snail was spotted by a child after 2 of us had passed it by) The ideal way to eat…