I see so many posts about tree/ sapling plantings, seed balls and other good-intentioned greening efforts. But I never see any posts about how those saplings are maintained over the next few years...only a repetition of the same planting ceremonies ( Read more... )

Amulya and Hari of the Deccan Herald did this online piece:

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More action is being taken on my petition.

Dr M B Krishna also speaks on the illogical practice of having manicured and useless "tree parks".

Well edited and put together!

The air rapidly cools ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I was able to go to friends' LJ pages, and comment, too..and it lasted for a while. Well, at least today I can open my own LJ page ( Read more... )

I went to Lalbagh on Friday evening, because a friend wanted to try out the 300mm prime lens. I've not often been to Lalbagh in the evening, and was freshly amazed at what one can see and observe, in spite of many more people being there than in the morning.


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Nice to be written about, instead of writing about others, for a change!

Click here for the article by Sameer Shisodia

and sometime ago (when the article appeared, I was away in the US and never saw it....just now, Deepa Jayaraman dug out the link for me!)

Thank you, Sameer...and my namesake!

Staples. A "staple" is something that is supposed to be very good...it forms the main part of what we eat, for example. But another kind of staple...those ubiquitous little twice-folded pieces of metal that hold two surfaces together...seems to be taking over the world. They are so popular that a famous chain of stationery is named after them ( Read more... )

The Chloropsis..the first time I heard this word
I thought, "A bird word that sounds absurd!"
But the name's because its body is a lovely, leafy green.
Because of this, the Chloropsis is not easily seen.


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Click here for a thought-provoking article, The Wrong Kind of Green