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Batmom
Move aside, Batman; meet Batmom! Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. Go hug your Bat Mom from me and wish her a happy Mothers' Day!
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Mothers' Day Cartoon Postcards for Birdlife International
A set of 6 cartoon postcards for Birdlife International's Mothers' Day campaign titled "Which Bird Mom is Your Mom?". Thanks to Mireia and Cressida from Birdlife for the opportunity! Which bird mom is...
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Owls and Wildlife Veterinarians
Some similarities between owls and wildlife veterinarians: Comic from my column with The Hindu. The lockdown has been no vacation for wildlife vets across the country, who have been performing rescues...
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MoEF Concrete Plans
The MoEF Chairman and his 'concrete' environment conservation plans.
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Stump-tailed Macaque
Meet the Stump-tailed Macaque, a monkey threatened by habitat loss. In India, the species is found in the North-East. Additional trivia: this primate is so shaggy, it is also known as the Bear...
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Kakinada Mangroves
The Andhra Pradesh govt. is under fire for destroying ecologically sensitive mangrove forests in Kakinada for a housing scheme. Home not only to migratory and resident birds, fish, crustaceans but also...
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Killer Whale
The Killer Whale wasn't born a Killer Whale. Society made it one. I personally prefer the name Orca. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.
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India's Endangered Freshwater Turtles
Turtles and tortoises are some of the most fascinating reptiles, and yet both poorly understood and the most endangered. India's inland species particularly are among the most neglected reptiles, that...
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Dehing Patkai Mine
In support of the student protests against coal mining in Assam's Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve. Why are we not demanding the sacking of India's worst environment minister (who by the way also heads...
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Cyclone Management and Mangroves
As India braces itself for Cyclone Amphan in the middle of a pandemic, let us remember that our very first line of defence against cyclones, mangroves, are under threat from both the Central and State...
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Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises of India
Meet the 29 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises of India! While sea turtles usually make all the headlines on World Turtle Day, let's shine the spotlight this time on our inland chelonians....
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Thackeray's Cat Snake and the Maharashtra Government
In 2019, a Cat Snake discovered in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra was named 'Theckeray's Cat Snake after Chief Minister Udhhav Thackeray's family. Now, the same CM's government has dishonoured both...
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Gangtok Urban Biodiversity Map
Presenting my third project with ICLEI: an illustrated urban biodiversity map of Gangtok, the capital of the Himalayan state of Sikkim. Situated in a once pristine landscape that is now subject to...
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MoEFCC Chairman, Resign
From modifying the EIA to suit corporations and industries to boasting of a record of granting the quickest clearances to environmentally sensitive projects, MoEFCC Chairman Prakash Javadekar has made...
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Desert Locust Plague
The Desert Locust Plague of 2020, now swarming across India and poised to cause famine in its path, is a perfect example of how the impacts of climate change in one part of the world could affect an...
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Tiger Art Exhibitions
Tiger art exhibitions. Cartoon from my column with RoundGlass Sustain.
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Oil Spill at Baghjan Assam
Chances are that you have not heard or read about a major ecological and public health crisis brewing in Eastern Assam on any mainstream media channel. A crude oil pipe blowout caused a major oil spill...
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Chir Pine and Forest Fires of Uttarakhand
The Cheer Pheasant, a resident of Uttarakhand's Chir Pine forests tells the complicated story about the state's annual forest fires, in my column with RoundGlass Sustain.
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Home Biodiversity in Lockdown
Now that India is preparing to lift the COVID lockdown, here's looking back at how I spent the lockdown unearthing creatures from my backyard that were new to me, in collaboration with my pets Srishti...
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Green Sea Slug
Meet the Green Sea Slug, among the few animals that photosynthesize! Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.
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