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Whose home is it anyway?
Whose home is it anyway? Leopard, gaurs, elephants and other wildlife continue to lose their lands. Conflicts are rising and we have ‘rogue elephants’ and ‘stray gaurs’ and ‘brutal leopards’. Is there a solution at all or do we simply keep removing the ‘trouble-maker’ each time? Recently during a family trip to Kotagiri, we got…
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Who is a mother?
Who is a mother? Simple definitions say it’s the female of the species that delivers a progeny. That’s the strictly biological viewpoint. From the emotional and spiritual perspective, a mother to me is anyone who nurtures and takes care of one in need, be it a child, an elder, a patient or an animal. Lo!…
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Vanishing Act
Vanishing Act As trees in metros are felled thoughtlessly, the effects are telling The average Bangalorean today is given to complaining on traffic and weather. While traffic woes have become an accepted norm and settled into the framework, the couple of months of sweat and heat are an emerging phenomenon and topic for small talk!…
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Hope, Despair, and the Long View
I cannot predict the future of humanity and the planet earth. I can, however, trace and reflect on my journey of the past 25 years – a constant swing between hope and despair, but leading to some measure of equanimity now by taking the long view.
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Elephants, Octopus, Plants & Gaia
Elephants cry. The octopus has three hearts and nine brains. Plants scream. The magical planet and its residents are whispering…!
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