It’s mid-June. I’m back home in Bangalore. I’m wishing I could transport myself to the Malabar Coast to see the onset of the monsoon. But I’m already late and all I can do is await the rains here, unhealthy while getting caught up with work.
Around mid-night the curtains along the window start lashing out. A cool wind begins to stream through the house. I turn the fan off for the first time...
The maleo bird, gastritis Macrocephalon maleo....
Like no other bird in the world, generic the endangered maleo lays its single, approved enormous egg near hot springs, or in the warm sands of a sunny Sulawesi beachside nesting ground. After laying, the maleo parents do not stick around to incubate their egg or raise their chick. Rather, they make one huge, big-hearted investment in their single...
In India as in many parts of South Asia, this is the time of the New Year. This is the time when the northward transition of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn) takes place. Known as Makara Sankranti – the harvest festival – it is a time that marks the ending of winter and the beginning of spring. A very auspicious time in the Hindu calendar as it is the beginning...
A behind-the-scenes Photo Diary of sorts - A brief look into the making of Episode 1 - Elephant Kingdom and a small thank you to all those who helped make it possible.
INTRODUCTION
It was late January 2011 when all the stars aligned and I set off to film the first episode Elephant Kingdom for Secrets of Wild India. In Bangalore Chinmay and I hustled to get all the High-Definition cameras ready. My trusty...
I was fifteen years old or so when my father brought a set of VHS cassettes home to watch. For the present day audience a VHS – short for Video Home System, was a tape format akin to what optical DVD’s are now and the dominant form of home entertainment at a time when television programs were scarce and broadcast networks like Discovery, National Geographic, etc. non-existent in India. The cover...
In India as in many parts of South Asia, ed this is the time of the New Year. This is the time when the northward transition of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn) takes place. Known as Makara Sankranti – the harvest festival – it is a time that marks the ending of winter and the beginning of spring. A very auspicious time in the Hindu calendar as it is the beginning...
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