Closer to Nature
There are countless ways of expressing the bond we share
with the world around us. Not only visual, but also sensual – even silence is a
medium of expression. I’ve been using words and photographs as a way to express
what I see and feel for quite some time now, but there are countless – metaphorically
– instances when I was witnessing a miracle of nature when the silence engulfed
me and I was at loss for words, and those moments, although I cherish them for
what they were, will never translate into something that I could write, or
photograph.
I spent the last week by the beach trying to make sense of
the world through the medium of numbers and figures – I was a part of a PRiMER
course of Gubbi Labs here to learn
statistics, mapping, scientific reasoning, and expressing – and at the end of
the day I buried my feet in the sand watching the sun set over the horizon and
dolphins leaping from the waves. Words swelled into my head like a hightide
every time I walked on the beach, but I could not fathom them – it was as if
they were caught off by the trawlers way before they reached the shores. And I
left it at that.
I’m looking back at the year, as I did in 2013, 2014 and 2015, but
there are no photographs this time to celebrate the passing year.
Over the last few years I wrote articles for students (and
parents) for a small but a beautiful magazine, Twinkle Star – edited by The
Hitavada in central India. These articles, however, became buried in the archives
and went off the grid.
To celebrate the passing of 2016, I’m releasing this small
e-book containing a number of articles written since 2013 on my favourite
topics – from tiger beetles and snakes to issues concerning biodiversity
conservation, to just celebrating the natural richness of our planet. Some are
a story in themselves, some are drawn from personal experiences, and most are
stand-alone articles written to provoke a creative thought and a positive
attitude.
The pdf is uploaded on slidehare,
you will need to sign in/up to download this file.
I wish you all a very Happy New Year!
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