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  • Birds,  Nature

    Indian silverbills or white-throated munias

    By Anshu / May 30, 2018

    Quite often these drab-looking tiny birds are overlooked in favour of their more colourful counterparts. The Indian silverbills are one such species which though ubiquitous, are often ignored. They usually forage in groups and are very gregarious.…

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    Shy visitor: Black-hooded Cuckooshrike

    By Anshu / May 15, 2018

    Delightful morning. Waited with breathless anticipation wondering if this new visitor to the mango tree could be captured for posterity. Each time it shyly disappeared between the leaves in the canopy, my arms ached with holding the…

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  • Travelogues

    Pandavleni: The rock-cut caves of Nashik

    By Anshu / April 19, 2018

    We were in Nashik and decided to walk up to Pandavleni early on Wednesday morning before the sun came up. We met several joggers and walkers and also some people trying to trek uphill without using the…

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  • Heritage,  Travelogues

    The mausoleum of Gond kings and Shri Anchaleshwar temple

    By Anshu / October 1, 2017

    Just inside the Gond fort, near the Anchaleshwar gate in Chandrapur, is the ancient Anchaleshwar temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It was built in the 16th century. But what is more interesting than the temple are the…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    Oriental Magpie-Robins: A black and white romance!

    By Anshu / February 28, 2017

    Romance is in the air! And the colour of romance is not red- it is black and white! First it was the Asian koels with their jugalbandi which stole the show. But these days in Sevagram, the…

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  • Birds,  Fauna,  Nature

    Wooing your woman: Parakeet style

    By Anshu / January 15, 2017

    This Sunday, it was fun to witness the courtship display of a pair of plum headed parakeets. The male preened and tried to snuggle closer to its partner, but she fended off all his overtures. Sometimes indifferent,…

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