It was drizzling in Valparai when I started to Chalakudi late in the evening after I stopped there to have a cup of tea. I was not in a hurry, driving slowly I reached Malakipara Forest Check Post at around 6:00 pm. I stopped the vehicle in front of the barricade and went inside the […]
Tag: road ecology
Why did the Chameleons cross the road?
I was dozing away while sitting next to driver while travelling from Trichy to Valparai. We started about four in the morning and found it difficult to keep awake any more. The cab driver noticed this and politely asked few questions to avert my early morning sleep. It was about 8 in the morning and […]
Death on the highway
This article was published in The Hindu Survey of the Environment 2009 (pages 113 – 118) without the supporting footnotes. The original article with footnotes and photographs is reproduced here. Crunch! Splat! Thud! A daily massacre is occurring under the wheels of our vehicles. Thousands of lives are snuffed out tragically, instantaneously, and yet, we hardly […]
Saving Wild Ferns
The whistle of the pressure cooker was yet to blow and it seemed an endless wait. In the meantime, my cell phone rang. Divya Calling…… Divya: Hello… Me: Yes Divya, tell me.. Divya: Hey, where are you man? Me: I am at home, tell me.. Divya: See, near the 30th hairpin bend, people from the […]