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  • Flora,  Food,  Heritage

    Agast ke phool ke bajke: Festival-special fritters

    By Anshu / November 10, 2020

    Fritters (bajke) made out of Agast flowers are commonly made around Chhat in Bihar, and usually on Bhai Dooj day. On these festival days, due to the huge demand, these flowers sell for anywhere between Rs 800…

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  • Nature,  Travelogues

    The amazing Great Barrier Reef: Our first scuba diving experience

    By Anshu / September 27, 2019

    As a child, I would look forward to Sunday mornings when Jacques Costeau, the French oceanographer and explorer would present “The Secrets of the Sea” on Doordarshan. I would be glued to our newly acquired colour television,…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature,  Travelogues

    The Adorable Giant Pandas

    By Anshu / April 30, 2019

    Ever since I got to know that I would be spending a few days in Macau this summer, I began reading all I could from the internet. And I got really excited at the prospect of finally…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Flora,  Musings,  Nature

    The blue-winged leafbird and the blushing Palash

    By Anshu / March 20, 2019

    In the backyard of the quarter just behind my house was a tall tree. Bare. Bereft of leaves. It had probably lived its life. But it was a photographer’s delight. For it was here that I got…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    The ‘tantalising’ painted storks

    By Anshu / February 6, 2019

    The word ‘tantalise’ means ‘desirable but just out of reach’. This word is derived from the Greek mythological figure Tantalus. As the legend goes, Tantalus is a son of Zeus who is an evil doer. In one…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature,  Travelogues

    On the tiger trail in Tadoba

    By Anshu / January 8, 2019

    Tadoba is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park. I had lived on the edge of the Tadoba forest for over six years of my life. The magazine area of the ordnance factory campus where we lived, was…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    The cacophonous red-naped ibis

    By Anshu / January 4, 2019

    Since the new year, every dawn, I hear a series of loud cacophonic screams near my house. These begin as harsh squealing sounds and then get louder almost to the extent of trumpeting. And I know who…

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  • Flora,  Nature,  Travelogues

    Landscapes at Bor

    By Anshu / December 29, 2018

    The usual notion is that wildlife sanctuaries are to look at animals. But sometimes the background and the wilderness are equally enchanting. Leaving you with some clicks from Bor Wildlife Sanctuary.

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    The Black-necked Stork: A near-threatened species

    By Anshu / December 19, 2018

    Only recently there was a hue and cry in the papers about a black-necked stork which was spotted with a ring around its beak in a wetland outside Delhi. Black-necked storks are large birds, which are classified as…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature

    The Rhinos of Kaziranga

    By Anshu / December 11, 2018

    Reminded of Ogden Nash’s poem, The Rhinoceros: The Rhino is a homely beast,For human eyes he’s not a feast,But you and I will never knowWhy Nature chose to make him so.Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,I’ll stare at…

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