Arefa Tehsin's Blog, page 19

Four talks in Delhi

Four talks in the Delhi chill on the chilling Mysteries of Nature in Pathways School, Gurgaon, Shiv Nadar School, Noida and Mayoor School, Noida Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Do Tigers Drink Blood & 13 Other Mysteries of Nature, Mayoor School, nature, Nature Books for children, Pathways School, Rupa & Co., Shiv Nadar School, wildlife

My Column in The Hindu: Piercing Porcupines

FEATURES » YOUNG WORLD December 11, 2014 Piercing porcupines AREFA TEHSIN Prickly: The pocupine’s main defence mechanism is its hair-like quills which are tough to remove. Photo: Nagara Gopal Illustration: K.G Rangarajan Porcupines are sharp animals… literally so! That’s why even tigers and leopards walk away from them. There are some animals you don’t mess […]

Book Launch & Panel Discussion in Delhi

A charming address by the charming Dr. Shashi Tharoor during the launch,”You must read this book to your children. And if you do not have children, borrow someone’s child and read this book to him…” A fable on how the clever coppersmith helped the hornbill, who’d used cement instead of mud to build his nest, […]

Launch of Do Tigers Drink Blood in Delhi

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: book launch, Do Tigers Drink Blood, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Mysteries of Nature, nature, Nature Deficit Disorder, Ranjit Lal, Vivek Menon, wildlife

My Talks at Ecole Mondiale World School

“I’m a humanist; I’d rather kill a man than a snake.” Can’t say I disagree with Edward Abbey. My three back-to-back talks at Ecole Mondiale World School in Mumbai on snakes, books and other such fearful things.   Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Children's Books, Ecole Mondiale World School, environment, nature, Snakes

Smithsonian Reviews The Elephant Bird

BookDragon Books for the Multi-Culti Reader The Elephant Bird by Arefa Tehsin, illustrated by Sumit and Sonal The underdog overpowers her detractors. Check! The unjustly accused is publicly exonerated. Check! An unexpected friendship repairs foolhardy mistrust. Check! Girl power saves all! Check! Surely that sounds like just the superhero adventure tale you want to share with […]

Do Tigers Drink Blood: Session at Bookaroo Lit Fest, Delhi

Hi Delhi Friends, Do you want to know if tigers and leopards drink blood? How does the ‘flying snake’ fly? Were the ‘Elephant Bird’ or ‘Roc’ eggs that Sindbad the sailor saw a myth or reality? Let’s unravel some mysteries of nature. I would be delighted to have you at my session in the sizzling […]

Missing Snowman: My Column in The Hindu

 TODAY’S PAPER » FEATURES » YOUNG WORLD November 21, 2014 Missing snowman AREFA TEHSIN Fluffy teddy bear?:They roam the Himalayas. Poached, hunted, killed and their homes encroached upon… Will the Himalayan Brown Bear disappear for ever? A seven–footed, sandy–coloured hairy beast, lumbering in the snow, as rare as the grey ghost (snow leopard) to spot […]

Indian Book Reviews reviews The Land of the Setting Sun

04 Nov Beetles, cheetahs, hyenas… Review of The Land of the Setting Sun and other Nature Tales; Arefa and Raza Tehsin; TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute 2014; Rs 225; pp 168 - Shana Susan Ninan For the first 10 years of my life I grew up on a lush farm, surrounded by animals and […]

Wild Gliders: My Column in The Hindu

 TODAY’S PAPER » FEATURES » YOUNG WORLD October 10, 2014 Wild GLIDERS AREFA TEHSIN Come fly with me:Helen’s Flying Frog.Photo: Reuters Birds fly, we all know that. But did you know that some squirrels, fish, frogs and snakes too can? True fliers in nature are birds, insects and bats. Humans fly too but with the […]