Majakali is in the northern part of India, where my daughter and me went on a retreat. Though not actually in the Himalayas, it was exciting to know that it was near it, and one may see the peaks in the distance… …depending on the weather! The group turned out to be a group of…
[14-Aug-2002] On the afternoon of day we were to leave, when I told my colleagues where I was planning to go, they asked me how I was going. Then they created confusion about why we were going via Coimbatore when the route over Mysore-Ooty was much simpler, and started listing out all the options. I…
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…
Looked like lantana but was actually different… Asclepias, Mexican Milkweedit’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
Beyond the confined walls of any gated community, when families venture out after a long period of confinement, they can experience the joy of discovering together. Having experienced the rich nature in the Turahalli Forest, we miss our nature walks a lot, as the entry is officially closed by the Forest Department. But this has…
We had a 3 Day Summer Camp for the Somanahalli government school children, where children were introduced to experiential learning based on the theme of birds, interacting with experts in the field. It gives us immense pleasure to organize nature camps, because there are so many children who are eager to learn. There are people…
