Rohan Chakravarty's Blog, page 45

Frogs like Big Girls

Ah well. On frog mating from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Uses of the Flying Squirrel's Patagium

Meet the Indian Giant Flying Squirrel: ordinary squirrel by day, and gliding superhero by night, thanks to its patagia! Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-day.

Grizzled Giant Squirrel and Kaveri Dam

A dam proposal at Mekedatu in the Kaveri Wildlife Sanctuary threatens one of the last strongholds and populations of the near-threatened Grizzled Giant Squirrel. Comic from my column with The Hindu. Read Bhanu Prakash Chandra 's article on the issue in The Week here. 

E-Waste

On e-waste from my column with The Hindu. Sejal Mehta's brilliant piece on E-waste for Mongabay is essential reading on the matter.

White-browed Bushchat

Meet shimmy enthusiast White-browed Bushchat! Also known as Stoliczka's Bushchat, the bird's bizarre 'puff and roll' dance has been a mystery to ornithology! Comic from my Sunday Mid-Day column.

Urban Biodiversity Map of Nagpur - The Tiger Capital of the World

(Click on the images for a larger preview)
Being surrounded by tiger reserves, Nagpur has been popularly tagged the Tiger Capital of the World, owing to its record of having the most number of tigers within a 100 km radius for any city. But biodiversity within the city itself is exceptionally rich, and often neglected. Being the geographic centre of India, the city's lakes serve as spots for wintering, refueling and passage for several species of migratory waterfowl. Nagpur's scrub forests and dry deciduous landscape, which have been relatively undisturbed until recently, have ensured that the city peacefully coexists with mammals like leopards, pangolins, civets, wolves and even the rare Rusty Spotted Cat, existing well within its boundaries! Green pockets within the city offer refuge to a myriad insects, spiders and birds, hosting migrants all the way from Europe and Northern Asia, such as the Syke's Warbler and Rosy Starlings!
The map was commissioned by ICLEI South Asia and has just been released at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation office. Thanks to ICLEI for giving me the opportunity to draw my hometown. A special thanks to Tarique and Swati Sani, who have for years taken up the daunting task of documenting and curating the city's birdlife on their website Nagpurbirds.org, which is now merged with Bird Count India. A high resolution preview of the map is here, which will soon be up at some important public places in the city.

Intersectionality and Climate Justice

Cartoons on intersectionality and climate justice for a Cartoonathon with Cartoonstock and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund (with the fantastic cartoonists Kendra Allenby, Tegan Phillips, Rebeka Ryvola and Trevor Hoey for company).

Decorator Worm and Costume Design

India's most sustainable costume designer, the Decorator Worm, meets Sanjay Leela Bhansali in my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Caste and Conservation

Are the caste system and conservation related? In more ways than we think. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Don't Feed the Monkeys

On feeding monkeys from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.