Uttarakhand – Step Lightly My Friend
Uttarakhand has an infection spreading through the mountains. It is not new, but it is intensifying. Someone you know or someone they know might unknowingly be a carrier. Its symptoms […]
Environment
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gandhiji: A Man Before His Time
“To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse than starving the body; it is starvation of the soul… […]