Porphyria

I found a wishing well inside you Until you time travelled to the time We talk no more. A bond stronger than lovers can imagine I lost you to a ripple in time A decade ago. Surely you dream in infinites. Hold the fireflies, honey. Put them in the jar …

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 …

What Will Replace Silent Cries Then? (poem)

Ever thought that if instead of green stems, It was a vein flowing with crimson blood? If instead of white fibrous cellulose roots, It was thick black keratinous hair? If instead of waxy-cutaneous foliates, It was sebum sweating skin, That hums the pain which resonates The torture of a lusty …

Time Wrapped In A Temple

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 …

The Questionable Nature of the Fake Genuineness Of The EIA Reports In India : A Case Study

I got selected for poster presentation for an international conference organised by The Society of Conservation of Biology(SCB) held on 20th and 21st of March 2018 at Amity University, Noida, India. To prepare for this, I sat through and read the Environment Impact Assessment report of the land purchased by …

Surrounded By Carbon?

I have always adored diamond jewellery. Something about the way it catches light and twists it imprison my eyes. And simultaneously I wonder why this allotrope of carbon is so high-priced when our primary aim is to reduce another form of carbon- carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reduce global …

Gujarat: The Two Faced Land

On 21st January, right after my Ist semester practical exam, my dad and I went to Vadodara, Gujarat to attend YETI 2018; a workshop-conference related to biodiversity, conservation, ecosystem, and computer programs to develop ecosystem modules.  It was a 4 day workshop which included many items such as Ornithology Techniques,  …

Palode: The Unsung Myristica Swamp

  On a cloudy day, a few hours before 2017 got over, I went to a forest land in Palode, Trivandum, Kerala, India. Little did I know that there were issues going on for the forest land. Indian Medical Association(IMA) under their sub-wing IMAGE has used The Department of Environment …