E-Waste

On e-waste from my column with The Hindu. Sejal Mehta's brilliant piece on E-waste for Mongabay is essential reading on the matter.

White-browed Bushchat

Meet shimmy enthusiast White-browed Bushchat! Also known as Stoliczka's Bushchat, the bird's bizarre 'puff and roll' dance has been a mystery to ornithology! Comic from my Sunday Mid-Day column.

Urban Biodiversity Map of Nagpur - The Tiger Capital of the World

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Being surrounded by tiger reserves, Nagpur has been popularly tagged the Tiger Capital of the World, owing to its record of having the most number of tigers within a 100 km radius for any city. But biodiversity within the city itself is exceptionally rich, and often neglected. Being the geographic centre of India, the city's lakes serve as spots for wintering, refueling and passage for several species of migratory waterfowl. Nagpur's scrub forests and dry deciduous landscape, which have been relatively undisturbed until recently, have ensured that the city peacefully coexists with mammals like leopards, pangolins, civets, wolves and even the rare Rusty Spotted Cat, existing well within its boundaries! Green pockets within the city offer refuge to a myriad insects, spiders and birds, hosting migrants all the way from Europe and Northern Asia, such as the Syke's Warbler and Rosy Starlings!

The map was commissioned by ICLEI South Asia and has just been released at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation office. Thanks to ICLEI for giving me the opportunity to draw my hometown. A special thanks to Tarique and Swati Sani, who have for years taken up the daunting task of documenting and curating the city's birdlife on their website Nagpurbirds.org, which is now merged with Bird Count India. A high resolution preview of the map is here, which will soon be up at some important public places in the city.

Intersectionality and Climate Justice

Cartoons on intersectionality and climate justice for a Cartoonathon with Cartoonstock and the Climate Justice Resilience Fund (with the fantastic cartoonists Kendra Allenby, Tegan Phillips, Rebeka Ryvola and Trevor Hoey for company).

Decorator Worm and Costume Design

India's most sustainable costume designer, the Decorator Worm, meets Sanjay Leela Bhansali in my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Caste and Conservation

Are the caste system and conservation related? In more ways than we think. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Don't Feed the Monkeys

On feeding monkeys from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Cartoons for the Cartoonstock x Red Cross Cartoonathon

Earlier this month I participated in my first Cartoonathon, a series of events that Cartoonstock and the Cartoon Collections conduct in association with various organizations, in which represented cartoonists listen to live seminars, interact with speakers and draw cartoons based on inputs from the talks presented. These are not meant to be graphic scribes (for which I have no talent at all!) but cartoons that take unsaid conversations forward and spark further discussion and debate. These cartoons were done as part of a Cartoonathon with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Partners for Resilience, with speakers from Scandinavia, South and South-east Asia and the USA; and I had two brilliant fellow-cartoonists Rebeka Ryvola and Sharad Sharma for company. The seminar and the cartoons dealt with the themes of climate resilience, justice and representation for indigenous people. The cartoons will be up for sale as stock cartoons on my Cartoon Collections profile.

Thanks to Samantha Vuignier from Cartoonstock for the opportunity!

Firefly Diwali Greeting

Fireflies wish my readers a very happy Diwali from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Tuna Species of the World

Among the world's most loved, exploited and threatened fish, and the backbone of fisheries and marine economies worldwide: Tuna. As #WorldFisheriesDay approaches, know your #Tuna species in this new #GreenHumour compilation, featuring 16 of the known Tuna species from around the world.

Posters and merchandise out on my webstore here.

Southwestern Railway Doubletracking

On the double-tracking of the Southwestern Railways in Goa for facilitating coal transport. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Modi and Renewable Energy

Modi and renewable energy. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu, keeping in with the spirit of #NoShaveNovember! 

Adani Bravus Name Change

Adani thinks the new name for the Carmichael Coal Mine 'Bravus' means brave, when in fact it quite appropriately means 'crooked'. Cartoon for my Gocomics page.

Illustrations for Singapore Bird Race

I'm delighted to be a virtual part of the Singapore Bird Race this year, having created three illustrations of the threatened song birds that will be the faces of the event: the White-rumped Shama, Blue-rumped Parrot and Greater Green Leafbird. The Bird Race will be held on the 5th of December. To know more and register, visit the Facebook events page.

Thanks to Yong Ding Li of Birdlife International and the Singapore Nature Society for commissioning me for the illustrations.

Tourists versus Chiropterologists

Tourists in a cave versus Chiropterologists in a cave. Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Shen - The Women of Spiti and Snow Leopards

The Nature Conservation Foundation's initiative 'Shen' is one of the many conservation initiatives in India that demonstrates that the key to both wildlife conservation and mitigation of climate change lies in the empowerment and participation of women. Read more about this initiative and how you can support it here. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

No Shave November Indian Wildlife Challenge

The No Shave November Indian Wildlife challenge! Which one are you taking?

Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.