I felt a soft thud on my head as I entered the garden. On the ground was a large red blossom with five thick glossy petals that curled backwards. I picked the semal flower and lovingly caressed it. It ...

To be a flower is a profound responsibility. The cyclic return to bloom gives our unstable world a sense of consoling predictability. It is thus a relief to break the news that the semal blossom is ...

Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): In research that will go a long way in protecting rare species of forest trees for medicinal and other uses, the government-run State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) here ...

There is a short time of the year in India when you don’t run for the shade, and the air is saturated with a honey-in-whisky sweetness. Tulips, not dust motes, emerge from carefully tended roundabouts ...

On the eve of Holi in Udaipur, Subash Chowk, a prominent intersection surrounded by luxury hotels, is transformed. Bhajans and Bollywood songs blare from speakers and firecrackers fly into the sky. In ...

As a child, Holi was without a doubt one of the most eagerly anticipated festivals. The excitement would build up long before ...

The first thing I noticed were the wildflowers in the grass. The grass in Humayun’s tomb complex in Delhi was dotted with little flowers— lavender-coloured mazus, yellow-hued sorrel, blue pimpernels.