Celebrate June rains with this wallpaper
Celebrate June rains with this Green Ogre calendar wallpaper for desktops, ipads and laptops. Download it for free Continue reading Celebrate June rains with this wallpaper
Celebrate June rains with this Green Ogre calendar wallpaper for desktops, ipads and laptops. Download it for free Continue reading Celebrate June rains with this wallpaper
Gayatri Hazarika wrote this ode to the monsoon during the peak of the rains, but we lazybones are sharing it with you now so that you cherish the last gasp of the season, the final raindrops before winter desiccates the subcontinent. Enjoy this photo essay Continue reading Monsoon, gone so soon
It’s that time of the year when I ache to be anywhere but in an office, feeling the tug of the breeze on my face, the burst of impatient rain. To be drenched in the news of the sea that the monsoon brings ashore. So much for dreaming. I’m still here. Clacking away on a keyboard, conjuring up visions. So share my pain. With monsoon Instagrams. Continue reading Seven monsoon Instagrams to set the mood
Rain drives some of us indoors. But a Green Ogre loves nothing more than to step out, get wet and click madly. Uh, let’s go see what the birds are up to. Continue reading Monsoon romance: Birds love rain, rain loves birds
The Indian Cork Tree’s expended blossoms infuse rare magic into the morning after a stormy monsoon night I stay on the coast in Pondicherry. My sense of … Continue reading When Sky Jasmine rained down
In late September 2009, I joined Sahastra and four friends on a trek to the Valley of Flowers in Uttarakhand. When we reached there we were told that the season for flowers had slipped behind us by two weeks. We prepared for disappointment but instead discovered to our happy surprise that the Valley in September was fall’s magical fairyland, ready to be tucked in for a long winter nap. This piece was published as the cover story in India Abroad Magazine, August 27, 2010. Autumn burnishes the Valley of Flowers with ochre, gold and fawn WHEN I ARRIVED in the … Continue reading Valley of Potpourri – Autumn in the Valley of Flowers
The arrival of the Jacobin Cuckoo announces that the monsoon is here Continue reading Encounter: Pied Crested Cuckoo or Jacobin Cuckoo