Oh, Shit.....the Dung Beetle

September 23, 2010

Shit..is not a dirty word in Nature. It’s as much a part of the environment as a beautiful flower, and has a lot of uses in the ecosystem. Traditionally, we’ve always used dried cowdung (politely called cowpats) as fuel, and my aunts used to consider the dung of temple elephants as a curative for cracks in the feet. “Panchakavyam” or the five products of a cow, included its dung, for medicinal and ritual purposes.

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Bandipur....

September 23, 2010

It’s one of my favourite places, but yesterday, I went not to the JLR property, but to a home-stay in a village in the interior. It gave me a different perspective of the place…not just the forest I usually see, but the forest in conjunction with the lives of the villagers who live on its fringes.

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