Nature Perspectives

I collected some pictures from the local forest office, and our sighting resembled this young mother

My first tiger sighting in Bhutan

Beginning of this year, I saw my first wild tiger in Bhutan!As we drove back to our village homestay in Zhemgang, it was late dusk. It was a long day ...

04 Mar 2022 Read more »

Water - the Elixir of Life

“As a river flows across the land, it nurtures all living things that it comes across. All the plants and animals benefit from the water of the ...

04 Oct 2021 Read more »

Destination Tx2 – Still afar or almost there?

Tigers are amongst the most spectacular of the exquisite big cats. There is no place where their mention is unheard of. From legends to myths, art to ...

19 Jun 2021 Read more »
My Tryst with Himalayan Marmots

My Tryst with Himalayan Marmots

My recent trip to Laya, one of the highland villages under Gasa district in the northwestern part of Bhutan brought in my tryst with a big rodent ...

20 May 2021 Read more »

From Waterways to Flyways International Cooperation Matters

Every winter when cold shrouds the beautiful valley of Phobjekha and icy wind sweeps the open hillsides, the local village population wait eagerly ...

08 May 2021 Read more »

Delving Deeper on International Mother Earth Day 2021

Little over a decade ago, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 22 April as International Mother Earth Day. Member states acknowledged that ...

22 Apr 2021 Read more »

Environmental DNA, a giant leap forward in biodiversity assessment

It is perhaps the fundamental drive in human behaviour which we call curiosity that makes us distinct from fellow inhabitants of the earth. Although ...

18 Mar 2021 Read more »

Evolution: The Unstoppable Stagecoach

It has been over a century and a half since Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species (1859). His work revolutionized scientific thinking but ...

30 Nov 2020 Read more »
Bending the Curve

GIGO OR BINGO? Let’s bend the curve…

Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) is a computer science phrase which means bad input will result in bad output. The phrase is often used to describe ...

12 Nov 2020 Read more »

In Awe With the Eternal Sound of Nature

The chirping of birds at the break of dawn heralds the start of a new day. While urban folks are deep in slumber, chimneys in far-flung villages ...

14 Oct 2020 Read more »