I wrote several articles and “middles” regularly for the Deccan Herald before I started writing for Citizen Matters, and after having met Sangeetha Kadur and hijacked her and Madhukar (another expert birder whose work with the digiscope can be found here ) home,I went and googled for the article about the artists who painted the beautiful murals at Bandipur…it’s at

http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/nov192006/finearts1942320061118.asp

Oh, I have referred to it in

this post

Alas, that last mural remains unfinished, and JLR never continued with this great initiative….but Sangeetha continues with her wildlife painting, and is at present working on a book on humming birds! More power to her brush…

Hmm…I thought I had lost all the articles that I wrote, I realize I can hunt for them…these simple things take the Concrete Cauliflower a while to understand!

The Wildscreen Festival proved far more interesting than I budgeted for; the masterclass by Jeremy Bristow was riveting, and the one by Laura Marshall on managing productions, applies to so many situations that demand good scheduling to ensure a successful outcome. More in my writeup for Citizen Matters! :)