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When the British chose pragmatism as strategy

In the 17th century Visvagunadarsana by Venkatadhvari, two celestial beings go on a tour of India. Or as was written in 1815, “by participating with natives of rank and influence" and avoiding interference in cultural practices, the British could “soften" the disgruntlement provoked by a government of “strangers". In response he argued that while the country was backward in science …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Tomato plant residue - Gardening Australia

ABC

SERIES 35 | Episode 38 Christmas Special How does the NSW Christmas Bush flower change colour? TAMMY: Nurseries provide the best possible conditions for plants, and once you take them home, they need to adapt to your situation – which might mean more or less sun, different watering, etc. Either wait until they’ve finished flowering, or pick off new buds …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Same lineage, varied insight

The Hindu

The canvasses mounted at the Art Gallery of Kamaladevi Complex, IIC, range from miniature landscapes painted in a delicate wash technique by Bireswar Sen to bold visual narratives portraying urban and rural life painted by his son Sureshwar Sen. “Bireswar Sen specialized in soft visualization of landscapes while his son Sureshwar Sen’s paintings hold portrayals through vibrant colours and dynamic …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Smallest flowering plant - Gardening Australia

ABC

SERIES 35 | Episode 37 What is a caudex? TAMMY: It’s the swollen, woody part of some plants that forms at soil level. They’re important adaptations of some plants, used to store water and nutrients in times of drought. What’s the smallest flowering plant on Earth? JERRY: It’s an aquatic plant called a Wolffia, a type of duckweed that floats …

Plants Plant Banksia Roses

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Hydrangea - Gardening Australia

ABC

BOTANICAL NAME Hydrangea spp. plus many hybrids and cultivars H. macrophylla has large leaves and round flowers H. macrophylla has large leaves and round flowers H. quercifolia has oak-shaped leaves and long panicles of flowers H. quercifolia has oak-shaped leaves and long panicles of flowers H. paniculata flowers prolifically, and blooms change colour as they age ORIGIN Tropical Asia and …

Flowers

4 weeks ago

Views on garden insects are changing. Why many former ‘pests’ are now valued

Associated Press

A neighbor texted me this week asking for advice about controlling carpenter bees. We’re all familiar with beneficial insects like ladybugs, dragonflies and bees, but it’s high time we reconsider our definition of “pests” and collectively add other, less-familiar insects to the friendly bug list. I told my neighbor that the pesticide an exterminator would use in an attempt to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

There are flowers too? Some plants prized for foliage surprise gardeners with late-season blooms

Associated Press

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately. Caladiums, planted for their large, colorful, often heart-shaped leaves, also bloom, their white or pink-tinged flowers seemingly a cross between a calla lily’s and a flamingo flower’s. I’ve come across many gardeners who also remove hosta flower spikes, and that perplexes me because I love the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Lounge Loves: Kilrr marinades, Ugaoo and more

Live Mint

Easy green Those who know me well know I have a black thumb; even perennials shrivel up and fade away under my care. Ugaoo, started by Siddhant Bhalinge in 2015 to make an effort to restore the green cover in cities, sends you notes and tips on growing happy plants, including number of hours to keep a pot in direct …

Ugaoo

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Native Flowering Groundcovers

ABC

SERIES 35 | Episode 33 Clarence shares his favourite plants to use as fillers and groundcovers. They produce loads of cute daisy flowers in full sun or part shade. Fan flower One of the best flowering groundcovers, these are perennials but often grown as annuals. They flower prolifically in the warmer months, producing masses of one-sided fan-shaped flowers in shades …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Create glorious winter pots to brighten up the darkest days

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

RFK Jr.'s tour with Jordan Peterson: “Make America Healthy Again" shows why "alt medicine" went MAGA

Salon

In his endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert Kennedy Jr. continued to insist he remains "independent" and not a full-blown MAGA crank, laughably claiming that he has meaningful political disagreements with Trump. The pandemic didn't convert people to the right, so much as it revealed the reactionary and even fascistic leaning of so many people who insisted they offer "natural" alternatives …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Forest staff deployed in Nilgiris to protect Neelakurinji plants

The Hindu

The Nilgiris forest division has deployed personnel from the forest department to prevent tourists and local residents from disturbing the gregarious flowering of Strobilanthes plants near Udhagamandalam. Divisional Forest Officer, S. Gowtham, said that one the sites where the Neelakurinji have bloomed was located within a reserve forest in the Nilgiris forest division. Officials stated that local residents near the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Chokramudi hills witness vast destruction of Neelakurinji plants

The Hindu

Chokramudi Hills, which transformed into a breathtaking blue carpet as Neelakurinji bloomed in 2014, is facing a serious threat of encroachment ahead of the next anticipated flowering season in 2026. “The last major bloom was in 2014, but the destruction of Neelakurinji plants on Chokramudi hills will likely affect the next flowering season. Jayachandran has urged the Forests department to …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

India Has Potential for Independent Films: Caroline Libresco

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: In a conversation at the American Corner in St Francis College for Women, film curator and creative executive Caroline Libresco on Monday shared her insights with Deccan Chronicle on independent films, the importance of inclusivity and the need for change in the industry. Libresco, who has spent nearly two decades with the Sundance Institute, spoke about her role in …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad Lakes To Get Major Revamp

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: For beautification and development of lakes in Hyderabad, M. Dana Kishore, principal secretary of municipal administration and urban development, instructed GHMC commissioner Amrapali Kata, the special commissioner for lakes, and the corporation’s zonal commissioners to identify at least five lakes in each zone. They were instructed to prepare and submit a comprehensive action plan for the beautification and development …

Hyderabad Lakes

4 months, 1 week ago

Exotic shrub invasion escalates human-elephant conflicts in Chhattisgarh, says Experts

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Invasive exotic shrub, Lanata camara, has contributed to the recent escalation of human-elephant conflicts in Chhattisgarh, leading to loss of lives of people and properties, experts say. “The loss of habitats of herbivores has been forcing the wild animals particularly the elephants to move to the human habitations in search of food, leading to human-elephant conflicts”, noted conservationist Nitin …

Chhattisgarh Invasion Escalates

4 months, 3 weeks ago

After 200 die, Wayanad may finally get green protection

Hindustan Times

The Union environment ministry has issued a draft notification to declare the Western Ghats an ecologically sensitive area, including villages in Wayanad, where a devastating series of landslides on July 30 killed at least 210 people, with hundreds more still missing. The proposal for the ESA classification covers six states and 59,940 square kilometres of the Western Ghats -- or …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Art in Transit to unveil Living Libraries at Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park metro station

The Hindu

“We look at traditional libraries as places of learning, but what if we were to look at the city and earth as co-facilitators of knowledge too?” asks Yash Bhandari, the curator of Living Libraries, a new research project launched by Art in Transit, a public art and pedagogic initiative facilitated by the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology …

Community Art Bengaluru Libraries Studio Metro Station

5 months ago

Top 5 cultural festivals around the world you need to visit for a wholesome travel experience

Hindustan Times

Tourists often fall prey to the passive sightseeing of mainstream tourist destinations. Experience the pulse of the places you visit through their cultural festivals, and make movie-like memories from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara to Coco. Around the world, beyond the top Google-searched destinations, around the world lies a myriad of cultural festivals that bare the country's soul. This is the …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Delhiwale: Never let me go

Hindustan Times

Such a strange sight — the tree is clad in golden yellow flowers from top to bottom. The roadside amaltas tree near Sukhrali village in Gurugram is refusing to let go of its blossoms. In his classic field-guide Trees of Delhi, Pradip Krishen writes that the amaltas tree starts to flower in late April, which peaks by mid-May. In Jor …

Flowers Tree Amaltas

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Moments frozen in time

China Daily

The first exhibition was held in Beijing in 2022 as promised, with dozens of participants of Zhang's project showed up and some sharing their stories. For photographer Zhang Qi, time may fly, but not so fast that precious moments can't be captured with his well-directed lens. For the past 14 years, the 46-year-old Beijinger has been involved in a nostalgic …

Zhang

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Moments frozen in time

China Daily

The first exhibition was held in Beijing in 2022 as promised, with dozens of participants of Zhang's project showed up and some sharing their stories. For photographer Zhang Qi, time may fly, but not so fast that precious moments can't be captured with his well-directed lens. For the past 14 years, the 46-year-old Beijinger has been involved in a nostalgic …

Zhang

5 months, 4 weeks ago

This Coimbatore school teacher has an enviable collection of cacti and succulents

The Hindu

Departing from traditional rewards, Shemalatha Sundar, a biology teacher, implemented a unique system of awarding cacti to students who achieved top scores in exams. Shemalatha thus began sharing her cacti online with detailed descriptions and captivating photos, eventually creating a successful business venture. Cacti are xerophytic plants adaptable to dry sunny locations with minimal humidity; combined with infrequent watering needs, …

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6 months ago

Two bio-geographic hotspots in India yield two new plant species

The Hindu

Indian botanists and researchers have discovered two new species of plants from two bio-geographic hotspots of the country the Andaman and Nicobar islands and Arunachal Pradesh. While a team led by scientist Lal Ji Singh, discovered aerial stem-parasitic flowering plant species Dendrophthoe longensis from the Long Islands of middle Andamans the other discovery by a team led by scientist Krishna …

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When the British chose pragmatism as strategy

Tomato plant residue - Gardening Australia

Same lineage, varied insight

Smallest flowering plant - Gardening Australia

Hydrangea - Gardening Australia

Views on garden insects are changing. Why many former ‘pests’ are now valued

There are flowers too? Some plants prized for foliage surprise gardeners with late-season blooms

Lounge Loves: Kilrr marinades, Ugaoo and more

Native Flowering Groundcovers

Create glorious winter pots to brighten up the darkest days

RFK Jr.'s tour with Jordan Peterson: “Make America Healthy Again" shows why "alt medicine" went MAGA

Forest staff deployed in Nilgiris to protect Neelakurinji plants

Chokramudi hills witness vast destruction of Neelakurinji plants

India Has Potential for Independent Films: Caroline Libresco

Hyderabad Lakes To Get Major Revamp

Exotic shrub invasion escalates human-elephant conflicts in Chhattisgarh, says Experts

After 200 die, Wayanad may finally get green protection

Art in Transit to unveil Living Libraries at Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park metro station

Top 5 cultural festivals around the world you need to visit for a wholesome travel experience

Delhiwale: Never let me go

Moments frozen in time

Moments frozen in time

This Coimbatore school teacher has an enviable collection of cacti and succulents

Two bio-geographic hotspots in India yield two new plant species