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Diwali:Reminiscing About Past Celebrations
Diwali celebrations in my childhood used to start weeks before Diwali: our house was painted, new clothes were bought, there was excitement all around. Every member of the family had a specific job...
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Our Rich Folk Culture: Singhi Chham(Snow Lion dance)
There is so much, many of us need to know about our rich folk heritage. I am embarrassed to confess that, I came to know about the popularity of the legendary singer of Bihar, Dr Sharda Sinha after...
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Forgotten Legacy of The Last Mughal
A calligrapher, poet, and Sufi pir, Bahadur Shah Zafar cannot be compared with his illustrious ancestors, but he holds an important place in Indian History. The Mughals had lost much of their...
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Ranveer Singh of Birds
As I watched a Purple Sunbird drink nectar from an Aloe Vera flower in my garden, I wondered, “If biopics were made on the lives of birds, who could do justice to the role of the Purple Sunbird...
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The Festival of Fog
Early in the morning, I made the mistake of looking outside my window. The green leaves on the giant Neem tree outside my house were covered with white smoke. The resident birds of my garden, the...
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Bird With Eye Makeup
While experimenting with my newly acquired zoom lens, Green Bee-Eaters were the first birds I observed from my balcony. Their bright green feathers were on full display as they played around on a...
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The hour is darkest and coldest just before dawn…
I loved getting up late as a young girl and like parents of all good girls, my parents never approved of it. They conveyed it to me nearly every day. The best excuse I could come up with was, the...
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Silverbill: Bird with a Silver Beak
Many years ago, I saw a pair of birds nesting in a shrub outside my house. I was fascinated by their triangular silver beaks. I was just getting introduced to birds. I clicked many pictures of that...
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He Wasn’t Singing For Me…
An Oriental Magpie Robin used to sing melodious songs for me every day. I didn’t understand the language, but I still waited for her. Music has no language; lyrics don’t matter. It doesn’t...
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She Thinks I am a Mother Hornbill!
“She thinks I am a mother Hornbill, not a human”. I was curious to know more. I was listening to a conversation between two young girls in a cafe. Bad manners, I know, but I couldn’t have closed my...
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