On the eve of Holi in Udaipur, Subash Chowk, a prominent intersection surrounded by luxury hotels, is transformed. Bhajans and Bollywood songs blare from speakers and firecrackers fly into the sky. In ...

Pied hornbills do not nest in Delhi. But in Lodhi Gardens, this bird was breaking gender norms, her usual habitat range, and ...

They fall down with a thudding sound one after another, the red semal flowers. Their blooming marks the arrival of Delhi’s most pleasant, though most brief season—when it’s neither cold nor hot, and ...

"In vain I look for you", goes a Mishing love song. "Spring has come again, and hidden the place where we last met, covering it with new leaves and flowers..." "In vain I look for you", goes a Mishing ...

To be a flower is a profound responsibility. The cyclic return to bloom gives our unstable world a sense of consoling predictability. It is thus a relief to break the news that the semal blossom is ...

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): In research that will go a long way in protecting rare species of forest trees for medicinal and other uses, the government-run State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) here ...

Every year, just when exam time was peaking and the school session coming to a close, I would see, along avenues, a leafless tree with vibrant clusters of red flowers. The child in me just reveled in ...