Soon after the launch of the Western Ghats book an idea was born to produce a similar book about the Rio Grande Valley. This region, stretching from Falcon Dam to the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most bio-diverse parts of the United States, yet little is known or written about. When we first [...]

A few months back I posted a short video clip with the introduction to North-eastern Diaries. I’m pleased and excited to announce that the first chapter titled: Kaziranga – Land of the Rhino and the Tiger has been nominated for a Green Oscar Panda Award at the Wildscreen Film Festival which happens once every two [...]

A few months back I made a mention that as part of the documentation project I am working on I’d be presenting a series of short films that covers different topics primarily intended to be in the book. So we’ve (Chinmay and I) been thinking of different ways to develop the story-line that doesn’t stray [...]

What’s the origin of the word Hurricane? How do they form? Where do they come from?! If you want to find out the answers to these questions – then don’t miss watching these videos! Brownsville, hardly ever makes it on the US map, except, when there’s a hurricane brewing in the Gulf of Mexico. Sure [...]

Last week an image I captured while shooting in the North-east garnered the top spot in the category – Community at Risk at the 2010 ICP Awards in Seattle, Washington. It was quite an honour to receive the award and have the image displayed at the Burke Museum of Natural History. If you are in [...]

This piece was produced by iLCP for the Global Environment Facility as their celebration of biodiversity in the International Year of Biodiversity 2010. It premiered on Capitol Hill, DC on April 13, 2010. The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of [...]

It’s been two months since I’ve left home base – Bangalore. The first stop (after Guwahati) – Kaziranga. Spent two weeks in this landscape before the rains. The highlight – Tigers! Filmed some amazing natural history and behaviour of tigers in Kaziranga. Short film coming soon about that. For now, here’s a picture: Soon after, [...]

I was all set to write a blog report of just how awesome this last month of travel across the Eastern Himalaya had been… How amazing the wildlife of Kaziranga had been and how we’ve managed to finish editing a short wildlife film shot entirely with HD DSLR Cameras… But all that will have to [...]

One of my favourite forms of photography using DSLR’s is to produce timelapses of everyday scenes. What’s timelapse? As wikipedia says, “ Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving [...]

That’s right – the title does indeed read correctly. Better still, it’s his home too!! And he’s a far worthier resident of the property than I am. Let me begin with a little history. The year was 1995. My father bought a parcel of land in the Singara region at the foothills of the Nilgiris [...]