Who Wore It Better

Amitabh Bachhan's legendary light-bulb fitter costume from Yaarana has close competition- the bright polka dotted Starry Dwarf Frog, endemic to the Western Ghats!

Cartoon for Roundglass Sustain.

Kishoreda was a Grey bellied Cuckoo

Kishore Kumar was a Grey-bellied Cuckoo! What are your favourite Kishoreda songs? Drop them in the comments. Comic from Roundglass Sustain celebrating monsoon and the bird of the season!

To read a similar strip about Mohammad Rafi and the Magpie Robin, visit Roundglass Sustain here.

Ranveer Singh and the Fungoid Frog

A World Frog Day special starring fashion guru Fungoid Frog. Oh, and also Ranveer Singh!

Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain. 

Lord Shrike the Impaler

The most legendary Bollywood villains have their own god: Lord Shrike the Impaler! Infamous for skewering its victims to death, that range from insects and lizards to snakes and mice, the bandit-like eye stripe further accentuates the shrike's reputation!

My fascination for this bird extends across all my work now, with the shrike featuring in two of my books, Bird Business and Naturalist Ruddy!

(For my readers from the West, Gabbar Singh (played by Amjad Khan) from the film Sholay, Shakaal (played by Khulbhushan Kharbanda) from the film Shaan, and Mogambo (played by Amrish Puri) from the film Mr. India, are three of the most iconic Hindi film villains of all time).

Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Mohammad Rafi was a Magpie Robin

I first listened to his voice in an audio cassette my mother owned when I was 5, and he has since then been my guru! Happy birthday to the timeless legend, Mohammad Rafi, from me and Magpie Robins. Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain. 

Virtual Birding Checklist

What's the unlikeliest virtual birding you have done? Comic from my column with The Hindu Weekend Magazine today, featuring accidentally, the work of Konkona Sen-Sharma, Appu N. Bhattathiri, Manmohan Desai / Amitabh Bachhan, and Shekhar Gupta.