Documenting India’s iconic trees: from a giant sequoia in Jammu to a 600-year-old champaka tree in Karnataka
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Documenting India’s iconic trees: from a giant sequoia in Jammu to a 600-year-old champaka tree in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Somewhere between 359 and 385 million years ago, our world witnessed the birth of the first tree: Archaeopteris. My childhood memories of climbing trees, playing games with flowers and seeds, and writing fantasy stories inspired by my favourite tree giants drew me to urban ecology as an adult. The oldest individual tree is an alerce in Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park — 5,400 years old. Everyone must have a favourite tree It is very likely that we have a large number of trees in India that are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years old. In this, books like Iconic Trees of India play an important role, inspiring us to reconnect to nature.

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Lend an ear to the tales of iconic Indian trees
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Lend an ear to the tales of iconic Indian trees

The Hindu  

Sir C.V. Raman was known to be a great lover of trees, plants and flowers, says S. Natesh, the author of the recently launched Iconic Trees of India. The author goes on to share the picture of a gorgeous primavera tree, Roseodendron donnell-smithii, topped with bold yellow blooms, which was planted to mark the spot where the Nobel laureate was …

This book is your perfect guide to the fascinating tree diversity of Bengaluru
3 months, 3 weeks ago

This book is your perfect guide to the fascinating tree diversity of Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Dr. K. Sankara Rao shares a picture from the hunter-turned-naturalist and writer Jim Corbett’s final book, Tree Tops, a slim tome detailing the visit of the then-Princess Elizabeth to the Treetops hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya in 1952, a little before she learnt of the death of her father George VI and her own ascent to the throne …

Louise Fowler-Smith – “Environmentalism is above all other isms”
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Louise Fowler-Smith – “Environmentalism is above all other isms”

Hindustan Times  

Was your interest in sacred trees a childhood love or did you discover it recently? When she witnessed the veneration of trees in Tamil Nadu, she made some enquiries and learnt that sacred trees and rituals associated with them exist in many parts of India. I was completely struck by the beauty of these sites, and ended up spending a …

Review: Trees of South India by Paul Blanchflower and Marie Demont
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Trees of South India by Paul Blanchflower and Marie Demont

Hindustan Times  

“The trees that were just there looking all green suddenly seem different, with different leaves, patterns, and colours, thanks to this book,” reads a Goodreads review of Pradip Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide. Another admirer says, “I am thankful that we live in the same times as Pradip Krishen.” The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru Published in 2006, …

Review: Green Pearls of India by V Sundararaju
1 year, 2 months ago

Review: Green Pearls of India by V Sundararaju

Hindustan Times  

If ever a book needed translation into Hindi and other Indian languages and should be read and discussed on rural community radio, it is Green Pearls of India by V Sundararaju, which describes 27 trees considered sacred in India. The trees he details are wood apple, jackfruit, neem, red silk-cotton, flame of the forest, Alexandrian laurel, coconut palm, banyan, Indian …

Bengaluru | Nature illustrators Nirupa Rao, Sangeetha Kadur and Shilpa Shree on their fascination with trees
2 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru | Nature illustrators Nirupa Rao, Sangeetha Kadur and Shilpa Shree on their fascination with trees

The Hindu  

From paintings and jigsaw puzzles to nature journaling, artists in Bengaluru are finding different ways to express their love of local trees. Nirupa Rao, botanical illustrator Ever since Rao began sketching trees, the impetus behind her work has been to familiarise people with India’s native species and subliminally bring trees into mainstream culture — by making them the focus of …

Sculptural beauty of trees
6 years, 11 months ago

Sculptural beauty of trees

Deccan Chronicle  

She is not a trained or professional photographer. I was taken aback by the angst I felt, and found myself hugging trees in parks for solace,” she says, Soon, she started shooting them, from about the same height and distance — a series she called ‘Intimate Conversations’. A picture from the series ‘Life will not be denied’ She goes on …

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