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The Ice Cream Box

You know that moment when you open the freezer, spot an ice cream box, and get excited for exactly two seconds before discovering it’s actually filled with peas? Almost every Indian household gave that box a second career. And somehow,…

Quiet Club at Sundown

Every city has its sundowner spots like the rooftop where conversations stretch longer than planned. The tucked-away bar where regulars don’t need menus anymore.  The forest has a version of that too. Not marked on maps or a place lit…

The Art of Observation

Imagine this: You are in a movie theatre and instead of watching the film, you are scrolling through your phone. Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Yet somehow, most of us constantly use the skip button in real life. And somewhere in…

The Window To My Dreams

I don’t think I fell in love with wildlife all at once. It happened slowly. So slowly, in fact, that for most of my childhood, I didn’t even realise it was happening. I just thought I was curious. While other…

Conservation 101

Have you ever played Chain Reaction with someone? You place one orb.They place two.You place three.And then—without warning—the board flips.Cells burst, colours spill and suddenly what you thought was your game… isn’t anymore. There’s always that one moment where you…

Why lesser-known species matter?

Sometimes the health of a forest is not revealed by what you see, but by what you no longer hear. When people think of wildlife conservation, attention often goes to large or familiar animals that are easy to recognise, photograph…