At its heart, Intertidal is a nature journal. A faithful documentation of the time Yuvan Aves has spent in nature -- sometimes studying, sometimes teaching, always observing. Yuvan Aves, a naturalist and nature educator, writes about this intertidal space on the coasts and marshlands of Chennai. Aves tells us about the incredible living architecture of coral reefs – how single-celled …
Yuvan Aves’ book is a blend of a naturalist’s journal, a coming-of-age memoir, a treatise on meditation and mindfulness, and much more. Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary By Yuvan Aves Bloomsbury India Pages: 286 Price: Rs.699 In a lot of ways, the naturalist Yuvan Aves’ book, Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary, seeks to find this music of life …
On one side lies Yuvan Aves’ Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary; on the other is an Since the floods of 2015, the citizens of Chennai keep a wary eye on the sky every time clouds gather. The next five years, which he spent at Pathashaala School, were “a period of healing but also of recasting the meaning of my …
Yuvan Aves, like many other people in the city, is still grappling with the after-effects of the 2023 Chennai floods. Written in beautiful, lucid prose, this deeply immersive, exquisitely detailed and moving book crisscrosses multiple urban landscapes—Urur Olcott Kuppam, the Kaliveli Estuary, Kovalam, Ennore, Pulicat, even the balcony in his Velachery home—over two years and three monsoons, taking the reader …
