Associate Editor at Down To Earth (Web). His main interests include history, wildlife, culture, cuisine, theology and indigenous peoples
Avni’s cubs found safe in Yavatmal
Forest officials are trying to catch them and relocate them
Bizarre, serious, jocular
Janaki Lenin captures the animal (and human) world in all its mystique and charm
‘Equality is no longer in our vision of society’
Historian Romila Thapar speaks to Rajat Ghai
Coffee out of cafe
A new book lays bare the popular myths about the beverage you sip daily
Lock & hold
The jallikattu bull row in Tamil Nadu provokes the law v culture debate
Two new Bollywood films and a message
Contemporary Hindi films get real, hitch-hike to success
‘Dhib’ & ‘Nimr’: Can Israel-Palestine’s Negev, Judaean deserts ever revive populations of world’s smallest wolf, leopard?
The last Arabian leopards were sighted in the area in the noughties; the Arabian wolf hangs on tenaciously; but can they be revived if the region …
‘It is the elephant-headed aspect so prevalent in Ganesha that has allowed his icon to gain a foothold in many cultures’
Down To Earth speaks to Lode Rosseels, a Belgian engineer, linguist and Japanologist, on Ganesha's journey from India to Tibet, China and Japan