The worldwide focus on charismatic species has meant that people have become poorer for the lack of quality content on other equally interesting life-forms, as well as social and ecological matters impacting our lives. This forms a crucial gap in telling nature’s story in its entirety. ‘On Assignment’ is a carefully co-ordinated process to bring you offbeat stories from nature with fresh and well-researched content.

Drain Dwellers

July 15, 2021

As human population increases, the demand to acquire land to convert it into an agricultural or residential area goes up. Much of this land lies in remote regions, an important […]

The Private Lives of Butterflies

April 15, 2021

My association with butterflies goes way back; it began with observing fluttering butterflies in my backyard in Bombay. Many butterflies such as Common Crow (Euploea core), Common Grass Yellow (Eurema […]

A Tale of Predators, Prey and Parasites

February 15, 2021

A few years ago, I was observing a Common Mormon (Papilio polytes) butterfly pupa on a curry leaf tree (Murraya koenigii), or kari bevu as it is called in Kannada, […]

100 Days, 100 Seeds

December 01, 2020

A good portrait is not just a visual representation of a person or an element of nature, but also reveals the very essence. My quest for this ‘essence’ draws me […]

My Butterfly Story

September 15, 2020

It was a day like any other, five years ago, but little did I know that it would change my life forever. My neighbour, who happened to be my high […]

Reading, Naturally: Books on nature to inspire children

July 15, 2020

The climate crisis we’re facing may be one of the biggest threats we will see in our lifetimes, and in those of the generation after us. Around the world, including […]

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