Posted by: Apoorva Joshi on
Oct 30, 2011
Bowfin and Paddlefin caviar, komodo dragons or water monitors, Darwin's finches or hummingbirds, spitting cobras or taipans, tree frogs or gliding frogs, the US Fish and Wildlife Service's wildlife inspectors need to literally, know it all.
Animals, both wild and domestic, have played a major role in the lives of humans ever
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
Oct 29, 2011
The battle continues to rage. Forest dwellers must have the right to exploit their lands, even in the heart of biodiverse areas.
That this is resulting in a sythe cutting through the very forests that are supposed to deliver rights is lost in the enthusiam to deliver 'justice' to long-suffering communities.
But the issue is
Posted by: Bratish Poddar on
Oct 27, 2011
Our water table is depleting at a rapid rate. We regularly hear news about earth's decreasing water levels. Underground reservoirs are drying up. Most of our water is drawn up from below the ground. However, this water is not getting replenished. Rains are getting irregular, but in most places they still are sufficient. This
Posted by: Bratish Poddar on
Oct 23, 2011
This is about the article "animal people" in the September issue of sanctuary Asia. There were some incidents mentioned of elephants getting lose in cities. Another such incident occurred recently in Mysore. An elephant from the jungle came into the city and a man was also killed. People were following the elephant around,
Posted by: Avinash Upadhyay on
Oct 15, 2011
Let's not talk of tigers for a while. Let's talk of people.
If anyone wants to really understand how intimately the lives of the villagers dotting the perimeter of National Parks have come to depend on eco-tourism, he merely needs visit any of these national parks in the monsoon months. These are the months when the parks
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
Oct 04, 2011
Everyone knows that Dussehra commemorates Lord Rama's vanquishing of Ravana and the evil he represents. Running parralel to the legend of the Ramayana and the triumph of Goddess Durga over Mahishasura, however, is the lesser-known tale of the Pandavas who worshipped the Shami tree which safeguarded their concealed weaponry and
