Nature

Daily Heroes

Divya Unny

Three documentaries—about pioneering women journalists, brothers who rescue birds, and the lookalikes of Bollywood stars—are getting international recognition

Trunk Call

Lakshmi Bayi

A casual look at the elephant kingdom will teach us how to live

The View from the Summit

Mohit Satyanand

The dividends of beauty, family, friendship and 25 years of life in the hills

The Roots of Hallucination

Shylashri Shankar

Consciousness-altering plants in the cultural history of India

Climate Change on Canvas

Shaikh Ayaz

The colours and contours of cautionary tales

Seasons’ Greetings

Lakshmi Bayi

Learning from the ancients about a sustainable future

Speaking Trees

Ranjit Lal

The web between humans and the natural world

The Come Back Cat

Nikita Doval

Seven decades after it vanished from India, the cheetah is set to return this November. Some conservationists fear it will upset the Indian ecological balance