To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves – M. K. Gandhi Last week, I had the good fortune of visiting a farm on the serene hills of Yercaud, on the Eastern Ghat stretch of hills in Tamil Nadu, southern India. I was on the lookout for [...]
I don’t remember much of my great-grandmother except for two things. One, she was a spirited lady and second, she lived to be a healthy 97 years old. The amazing fact is that till she breathed her last, she had all her 32 teeth intact, and gleaming white they were. I bring this up because [...]
I ended the previous blog by saying that the demand side of the equation, namely the demand for exotic and endangered animals, live as pets, or dead as products has to be addressed by consumers. Without demand, there would be no incentive for black market to flourish. Here’s is the ECOWALK appeal:
One look at the cover and I braced myself for a very disturbing book. Black Market: Inside the Endangered Species Trade in Asia by veteran journalist, Ben Davis along with distinguished photographers, takes a shocking look at the illegal markets in wildlife and exotic species in Asia. This superb book is a must read for anyone [...]
I celebrated my daughter’s birthday party over the weekend and it was a fun-filled and enjoyable event. When I was young, birthday parties were incredibly simple…I’d get a new dress (one of the few new clothes over the year that I could count with my fingers…one for Diwali, one for my birthday, and a few [...]
