On 16 August 2021, I was blessed with an opportunity to meet the esteemed Adv. Yeshwant Shenoy sir. As part of my online summer internship, I worked under sir’s guidance and drafted my first legal draft. In the month of August, I visited my hometown for the sole purpose of …
LOCK-DOWN FOR US, LEVEL-UP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Remember when the first ever plague began? Of course, it was in the 6th century, in Egypt. It spread to Constantinople which was the then capital of Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire. It is now the current state of Instanbul, Turkey. Another strain of the …
After having a lavish meal from Xero Degrees, a café in Cannought Palace, Delhi, India, my friend and I took a 1.3km walk to Hailey Road and we were stopped on our path by the magnificence of a beautiful street art. It was that of a woman trying to …
A few weeks ago, I sent an email to Project Tiger requesting them to declare Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve for protecting the tigers and to reduce disturbances towards the human settlements there. Before I tell you about their response, let me give you some facts about the …
I despise zoological parks. Zoos are considered as a place for entertainment in India by presenting the wildlife enclosed in tiny enclosures to the visitors who tease and mock them. Today, on 25th July, 2019, my friends and I volunteered for World Wildlife Fund’s Global Tiger Day program held at …
One month ago, I complained to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change about the Kottoor Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. I also wrote RTIs and another complaint letter to the State Government requesting to free the captive elephant in the rehabilitation centre. These elephants are being ill-treated …
So, you’re an elephant walking alone in a forest and suddenly you get ambushed by humans. The next thing you know, you’re standing under a concrete stand. You feel tight pulls on your forelegs and hindlegs when you try to move a bit to scratch that never fading itch. The …
The last time I visited The Akkulam Lake, I was unable to count the number of sea shells, unable to distinguish between the various chirps of the birds, and the shadow of the tree canopy cooled the land. My father told me that during his childhood days, this lake was …
My family and I visited Coorg to just bask in the beauty of the dewy nature over there but unfortunately our stay was not so good. However, we still enjoyed the coffee plantations around us, the morning dew, and I also realized how different the soil in Coorg is. It’s …
Time Wrapped In A Temple Apart from the Siege of Baghdad which happened in 1258, Somanatha Dandanayaka, a general of the Hoysala King, built the Chennakesava Temple also known as the Kesava Temple, a Vaishava Hindu temple on the banks of River Kaveri at Somanathapura, Karnataka, India. I visited this …
