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Mangroves: The guardians of an island city

India, Jan. 12 -- In the first year of moving to Mumbai, the mangroves made a slow, unassuming but distinct claim on me. Each time I encountered them, I learnt something particular about them. First, ... Read More


Mangroves: The green guardians of Mumbai

India, Jan. 12 -- In the first year of moving to Mumbai, the mangroves made a slow, unassuming but distinct claim on me. Each time I encountered them, I learnt something particular about them. First, ... Read More


What if the Mumbai leopard could talk

India, Dec. 29 -- You call me brother. Bibtya Bhau. But like all brothers, we seem to be in a property dispute. Recently, in Bhayandar, one of mine injured seven of yours. The claws and teeth did what... Read More


What if the Mumbaileopard could talk

India, Dec. 29 -- You call me brother. Bibtya Bhau. But like all brothers, we seem to be in a property dispute. Recently, in Bhayandar, one of mine injured seven of yours. The claws and teeth did what... Read More


Four hitch-hikers and smashed stereotypes

India, Dec. 15 -- About 20 years ago, my teacher in Delhi University, Christel Devadawson, said something which has remained soldered in my brain ever since. Although the precise context now escapes m... Read More


Four hitch-hikers and smashed stereotypes

India, Dec. 15 -- About 20 years ago, my teacher in Delhi University, Christel Devadawson, said something which has remained soldered in my brain ever since. Although the precise context now escapes m... Read More


The Shape of Mumbai

India, Dec. 1 -- I am an inveterate lover of maps. The technical term is cartophiliac. Over the last one and a half years since I moved to Mumbai from Delhi, my cartophilia has had a free reign. In a ... Read More


A cartophiliac reflects on shapes of Mumbai

India, Dec. 1 -- I am an inveterate lover of maps. The technical term is cartophiliac. Over the last one and a half years since I moved to Mumbai from Delhi, my cartophilia has had a free reign. In a ... Read More