It was late Fall in Alaska. A time to move on before the frost and the snow came in from the North – a time to go home. For nine months I had made a living fishing for Salmon in the waters of South Eastern Alaska. Home was an ancient , 50 foot, wooden hulled...Read More
Originally published in the Taj Hotels Magazine, around 1997 Kovalam is a small peaceful bay, 32 kilometers south of Madras, on the Coromandel or East Coast of India. Its tranquillity belies a history of conflict as successive trading posts were established by the Dutch, the French and the English. The ruins of a 17th Century...Read More
The article was originally written by Prema Naraynen for the Times of India, May 20th, 2013. Read the original… A student volunteer group in the city has now thrived for a quarter of a century. We find out what makes it tick “People call me a founder of the SSTCN, which is okay, but the...Read More
As I look back, I cannot begin to explain the overwhelming feelings when faced with this responsibility; of building supporter legitimacy into the foundations for a strong, financially self-sufficient Greenpeace presence in India. Overwhelming in sheer scale – the vastness of India and its challenges and the vision that is Greenpeace.Read More
Shabari passed on a few years ago. On into the arms of his great mother. I still remember the earnest simplicity in which he shared what was to him an unassailable fact – that he has two Mothers and two Fathers – Human Mother, EARTH Mother; Human Father, SUN Father. He was a master storyteller....Read More
Long ago when the world was young, an old Lakota spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision. In his vision, Iktomi, the great trickster and teacher of wisdom, appeared in the form of a spider. Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language. As he spoke, Iktomi the spider picked up...Read More
If you take a walk along the beach at night, chances are that you will cross paths with a living, breathing creature that evolved during the age of the dinosaurs- the giant sea turtle. Sea turtles nest along the Coromandel coast. If you have been fortunate enough to have witnessed this phenomenon — of a...Read More
Amongst my whole class of studious and proper 18 year olds, I remember an older-than-the-rest person in a well-worn blue jersey, using an old notebook and a pencil, diligently taking notes in class. Over the next month, as I got to know more about him and his work prior, I also got to know that...Read More
Alone, kneeling, with your hand deep inside a freshly laid nest, you cant help but keep an eye out down the beach for anyone approaching. Some nights I’d see a tall wraith-like figure approaching at a fast and peculiarly-recognizable pace. Mayavan, dressed in a white-grey shirt, lungi and head-wrap, carrying his cloth bags and (the...Read More
