The ancient (5~10th cent. AD) rock-cut caves of Ellora were oblivious to the outside world for several centuries – until they were redisovered in the early 19th century. In these caves are the goddesses, frozen in time, assuming their ultimate postures in...
Chaityas are buddhist prayer halls that house a stupa. The word chaitya has its roots in sanskrit chita ~ meaning a pyre or a pile of ashes. The ancient rock-cut buddhist caves of Ajanta...
It is lemony, and it is a migrant. Migration could be one of its strategy to deal with adverse seasonal changes, like the tropical rainfall. It also exhibits seasonal dimorphism: dark yellow colors(form crocale)...
The jungle babblers are called seven sisters as they are gregarious (social, group forming) in nature and always appear in groups of around 7 birds (6~10). They also display sentinel (guard) behaviour which usually...
We were enchanted by the ancient rock-cut caves at Karla, that we decided to visit the Bedsa (bedse) caves which are also within 50kms from Pune, towards Karla. This time we had much more to...
Roxy Mathew Koll is a Climate Scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. He also dons the role of an amateur naturalist, writer, web designer, photographer, and publisher—based on demand.
Juby Aleyas Koll, also know as Sarah, is the author and publisher of the book and website Sarah’s Hand Embroidery Tutorials. She has been researching and tutoring hand embroidery for over a decade, making it accessible to everyone around the globe.
