Reflections in Poetry
Painting by Shalini Agarwal
People & Culture
Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer
Review by MITA GHOSE Imprint: India Viking Published: Apr 2019 ISBN: 9780670092215 Length : 248 Pages MRP : ₹599.00 While rereading one of his earlier books on Japan, Pico Iyer […]
Redbreast Butterfly after 110 years in Uttarakhand
The Redbreast (Papilio Alcmenor) has been spotted in the Western Himalayas after a period of 110 years. Since butterflies reflect the health of an ecosystem, the reappearance of a butterfly […]
Sacred Forest
The little boy lived in the high mountains. An undulating green pasture served as the ledge on which the little hamlet nestled. Precipitous trails from the village arrowed down to […]
Mehrauli: Herein Lies a King
Mehrauli Mehrauli has always been around the corner from where I have lived these past seven years. Despite this, beyond visiting the Qutub Minar time and again, seeking solace at […]
Gondeshwar Temple – Lesser known temples
Kamal Kumar Bandyopadhyay visits the Gondeshwar temple near Nashik in Maharashtra. He loves to travel and explore lesser known places of our country. Here, he shares his fascination with this […]
Environment: Insects ~ Little Things in Life
The Beginning The origin of insects is hidden in the mists of time. The sea and the North and South Poles are possibly the only environments that cannot support insect […]
The Path of Practice – Maya Tiwari
Romola Butalia reviews Maya Tiwari’s book, The Path of Practice. This book is about Ayurvedic healing techniques through breath, sound and food. One of the simplest introductions to a step-by-step practice […]
Time Travel: Baolis of Delhi
Sudarshana Srinivasan, a student of History joins a Breakaway walk with Himanshu Verma and fellow-walkers, and falls in love with the past and a heritage that lives on outside the […]
White-breasted Kingfisher: Broadcast News
Bittu Sahgal, renowned environmentalist, pays homage to the white-breasted kingfisher. At eight the other morning, over the professional, jaunty sound of the news, I heard what must be one of […]