by Roshni Ravi | Feb 19, 2025 | Blogpost
There’s this gorgeous friend I want you to meet. Rooted in land owned by a charitable trust, she is surrounded by a granary, a bakery, a government school, a busy thoroughfare, a storm-water drain, and our four-storeyed apartment. A Tamarind tree grows side by side,... 
by Team Thung Thung Stakan | Feb 5, 2025 | Blogpost
Our journey began with a simple observation: the traditional game of hopscotch often involves the fig tree, but fig trees aren’t native to Ladakh. Inspired by this, our mentor, Ms. Preeti Chauhan, encouraged us to replace the fig tree with the apricot tree—a species... 
by Sindhuja Sarasram | Jan 24, 2025 | Blogpost
The end of a year, or the beginning of another, calls for some reflections on times past and those to look forward to. While ‘new’ means hopes and resolutions, wading through the rest of the worn-out year and the unaccomplished can be taxing, which stands to show why... 
by Aishwarya Joshi | Dec 24, 2024 | Blogpost
The Oak and the Rhododendron is a personal reflection of my childhood preference for the vibrant Rhododendron over the seemingly plain Oak tree (Banj or Quercus leucotrichophora) in Pauri Garhwal. As I grew older and studied ecology, I came to appreciate the... 
by Sanober Durrani | Dec 24, 2024 | Blogpost
Monsoon 2018 marked a significant turning point in my life. Upon returning from my travels to Parra, North Goa, I was confronted with the grave news that a 100-year-old Banyan in my Vaddo had been hacked down without any justified reason. This event awakened a deep... 
by Chandra Sekhar Bandi | Dec 16, 2024 | Blogpost
On a sunny morning during the lockdown, I was roaming around my home documenting life using the iNaturalist application. Castor plants grow wild and abundant across Bangalore and there was one growing in a small patch of land next to our home. While watching the plant...
