The Geecologist

Stop This Slaughter In Palestine

Stop This Slaughter In Palestine

Apr 12, 2025 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

I am not going to speak about the demise of the free press in India. All of us gathered here know all about that. Nor am I going to speak of what has happened to all the institutions that are meant to act as checks and balances in the functioning of our democracy. I...
The Power of Geography

The Power of Geography

Jul 16, 2022 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

It’s worth contrasting the history of Australia with that of another colonial experiment—the US. America also grew from settlements on a fertile east coast and then pushed inland. But, once over the Appalachian Mountains, the fledgling nation expanded into the...
Waterlog

Waterlog

Sep 12, 2020 | Non-Fiction

I wanted to follow the rain on its meanderings about our land to rejoin the sea, to break out of the frustration of a lifetime doing lengths, of endlessly turning back on myself like a tiger pacing its cage. I began to dream of secret swimming holes and a journey of...
Down Under: In A Sunburned Country

Down Under: In A Sunburned Country

Jan 26, 2016 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

…Cook was now free to go off and fulfill the second part of his assignment—to explore the lands of the South Seas and bring home anything that looked scientifically interesting. To this end, he had with him a brilliant and wealthy young botanist named Joseph...