Dr. Bishan Monnappa

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The brown-capped pygmy woodpecker aka the Indian pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus nanus) is a very small woodpecker found in Nepal, India and S Lanka. Arguably...

Staking the Claim

The "birth of river Kaveri" in Kodagu is celebrated as a festival on the day of Tula Sankramana. River Kaveri bubbles and gushes forth...

Where the River Remembers, and the Earth Still Hopes

The road runs straight through the green, as though someone drew a line between the earth's enduring past and the uncertain dreams of tomorrow. The river winds through...

The Birds of Leaf and Sun

Jerdon's leafbird (Chloropsis jerdoni) is found in forest and woodland in India and Sri Lanka. Its name honours Thomas C. Jerdon- an English physician,...

Lessons from a Bath tub

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis tickelliae) - Mother and Baby. A mother bird does not simply feed her young and keep them safe. She prepares them...

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