Lock-down For Us, Level-Up For The Environment

 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 …

Norwegian Wood- Mental health review

India is under lockdown due to the Corona Virus and now I’m back at home, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, attending online classes (extra online classes for me, to sync the lateral entry problems -_– )  I just wanted to upload a post about a book which I read in the month …

Mysterious Stairways

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 …

Tiger in the Wayanad Tunnel

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 …

Eye Of The Tiger

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 …

#fridaysforfuture

Climate Justice On a sunny day of March 15th, 2019, my friends from college and I went to Connought Palace, New Delhi, to protest for the rising #Fridaysforfuture ; a climate change protest started by the Swedish Greta Thunberg. We held banners that our juniors made for us. We watched …

KOTTOOR UPDATE : Giants Almost Free

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 …

An Emotion Called Freedom

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 …

Shallow Waters

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 …

Coorg-Medikeri-Bylakuppe

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 …