Poems shared on Science Next Door have always been my prime activity this year. It was mostly on species I met and issues related to nature and Earth. Now the total poem shared with Science Next Door is 102. Sharing the poems that were published this year…

 

Pride, Pressure and Purpose: The Peafowl’s Tale

An Antelope Allegory: The Nilgai’s Story

Stitch and Twitch: Common Tailorbirds’ Niche

A Scope for Hope? : Painted Storks’ Labour

 

Apart from poems to Science Next Door, I shared some poems with similar themes that got published on spillwords.com 

 

I STAND WITH PEACE…

 

A few years of travel in some of the wildlife habitats made me think about how people must treat these sensitive places.  First we must remember that we are guests here and wildlife are the owners of these habitats.  Sharing some thoughts about being courteous guests in wildlife habitats. Thanks for this illustration by Sonali.R. Kulkarni. Thanks to the team Youth For Nature for sharing this poem on eco- tourism. 

 

 

 

 

Developing on the same theme about wildlife tourists and wildlife habitats, I wrote an Op-ed piece on the popular news portal EastMojo 

India’s wildlife needs peace and space, not over excited tourists

 

 

 

Not only publishing my work but introducing them in various platforms have been my endeavour this year and that too have been successful 

 

Like sharing the poem  WWF-India’s Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme (WWF EIACP PC RP) along with MoEF&CC gave me the honour of reading my poem and giving it a special mention award during the poetry competition related World Wildlife Day 

 

 

Wenaturalist has been supporting me by giving me a platform to share my thoughts and works related to nature for the past two years and I am grateful that they recognised my work in various ways.

 

My photograph was selected as 

 

 

Twice got selected for the Story of the Month Series for the Month of May and July

 

In May for

 

 

Poem on Plastic Pollution got Third prize in the Plastic Free July Challenge writing competition conducted by Sunshine Environment Magazine

 

This poem also got published on Sunshine Environment Magazine

 

 

Involving in Citizen science efforts and promoting them is also part of the journey that I pursue.

 

Thanks for the recognition given by State of Indian Birds for my effort promoting and participating in bird counting events

 

Even WWF India during their Dragonfly Festival 2023 gave consolation prize for my photography on Dragonflies and special mention on my poem related to Damselflies 

 

WWF also featured my works on their website under the topic ‘Protecting Nature, one volunteer at a time’

 

Now the highlight of this year was winning the Runner-up award for

 

 

 

I am grateful to share my thoughts on nature writing and observation during nature trails in the

 

I hope New Year will provide new opportunities and journeys for my work related to nature and I will find  improvised ways of storytelling to express my passion towards biodiversity conservation.