Changing Seasons: Trees of Bangalore

Changing Seasons: Trees of Bangalore

My childhood was seasonless and the trees were nameless. I grew up in a house in front of which grew a tree whose branches reached our balcony. A fleet of parakeets would dive into it and peck at its seeds sending the little winged seed, oatmeal-like, scattering. I...
She Spoke the Story of Earth

She Spoke the Story of Earth

“When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement.” Mary Oliver A topsy-turvy world. We became denizens of it in March 2020. What was abnormal was normal and the new normal ensconced itself in our lives quite comfortably....
Khinni – Lone Warrior

Khinni – Lone Warrior

Standing tall and alone on the edge of Tadoba Tiger Reserve, I’m Khinni. The place where I stand is not for the faint of heart for I see the most prolific changes in weather over a year. I stand on the edge of a lake adjoining farmlands. I’m the tallest of...
The Persian Lilac Tree

The Persian Lilac Tree

We shifted to a new house in Delhi, in March 2010, and there, right in front of the house was a beautiful Persian Lilac (Melia azedarach) tree in full bloom. Persian Lilac (Melia azedarach) The stem and branches with dark fissured bark bore small clusters of...