Urban wildlife- survival instincts of lapwings
The red wattled lapwing is a regular visitor to our neighbourhood park. So I was thrilled to see three spotted eggs on the ground on 5th June. The eggs were laid in the centre of the Park which sees morning walkers doing their rounds every day (who would not notice the eggs anyway) and young children playing football and cricket in the evenings. To protect the eggs the bird had laid the eggs underneath a tre... Read Full Story
There are some stories which can be told and retold - one such is the story of River Aravari in Rajasthan.
In 1987, Tarun Bharat Singh (TBS-an NGO), took the initiative to rejuvenate the streams of River Aravari by constructing a johad at Bhavta village. Johads are small water harvesting structures built by the villagers. It took ten long years for the river to come to life.
With the river coming to life, there has been qualitative changes in the life of the villagers. The women no long... Read Full Story
A 50 KW power station, based on gasification of rice husk briquettes is providing the villagers of Baharbari in Bihar with electricity.
The facilities provided by Desi Power include assured irrigation, battery recharging, rice parboiling/milling, flour grinding, biomass briquetting, and equipment fabrication and repair services. The village is no longer dependent on desel guzzling polluting generators for power. Can this village show the way forward for rural India?
The farmers pay Rs. 35 p... Read Full Story
We are fortunate to be in India where national parks are always within manageable distances. While following pugmarks to track a tiger or looking out for wild elephants capture the imagination of most wildlife lovers, we often neglect nature around us and closest to us. Feeling connected to life around us make us realise that we are part of a habitat. The more you are fascinated by forests, the more you learn to observe nature around us.
I have an organic garden at home where I just put out... Read Full Story
We also managed an elephant ride into the 20 sq. km rhino enclosure . The rhinos seemed placid , chewing on elephant grass, which came to life with jumping hog deer as we maneuvered our way. Read Full Story
"Such is the lack of information about the biodiversity of Arunachal Pradesh that the Arunachal Macaque (Macaca munzala) - a species of monkey already known to the native people of Arunachal (especially to the Monpas of Tawang and the tribes of the West Kameng District) as Munzala or the “monkey of the deep forest”, remained unknown to scientists and biologists till it was “discovered” in 2004. The so called “discovery” was waiting to happen and it was afte... Read Full Story
