I believe forests to be entities that have their own intelligence. They have a system that has had millions of years to perfect itself and reach a point where every process and component both organic and inorganic has a part to play. We Humans however are prone to meddling, especially with those things that we…
Surely one of the most surreal sights one can witness while walking through the forest is the Indian Coral Tree. Leafless in winter, the tree takes on a ghost like appearance with its light grey almost white bark, disappearing and reappearing through the evening mist. The trees appearance takes an even more macabre turn…
A decade ago, I had the experience of walking inside some of the densest forests in Western Ghats – One droplet of rain touches the tallest crown of the canopy and diffuses into a thousand droplets after making a touchdown on tree crowns at different levels, to finally fall on the forest floor. It feels…
Of Forests and Men – (Edward Norton) from GoodPlanet.