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Environmentalism
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May 08, 2026
Beneath the Green Silence: A Naturalist’s Witness to Infanticide among two species of langur - Benny kurian
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| The Tufted Grey Langur |
In the wild, life unfolds without the moral boundaries that humans instinctively impose upon it. Behaviours that appear cruel to us are often, in the language of evolution, mechanisms of survival. Among these, infanticide—the killing of infants by members of the same species—stands as one of the most disturbing, yet biologically significant, phenomena.
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May 08, 2026
അധികാരം, സംഘർഷം, അതിജീവനം: രണ്ട് മന്തി (Langur) വർഗങ്ങളിലെ ശിശുഹത്യ - ബെന്നി കുറിയൻ
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| നീലഗിരി ലംഗൂർ |
Infanticide Behaviour in Tufted Grey Langur and Nilgiri Langur: Field Observations
സാർവത്രികമായി ജന്തു വര്ഗങ്ങള്ക്കിടയിൽ കണ്ടുവരുന്ന ഒരു സ്വഭാവമാണ് ശിശുഹത്യ (Infanticide). ഒരേ ജീവ ജാതിയിൽ പെട്ട (same species) അംഗങ്ങൾ തന്നെ കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളെ ഉദ്ദേശപൂർവം കൊല്ലുന്നതിനെയാണ് ഇതുകൊണ്ടു ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്. ഈ സ്വഭാവും മനുഷ്യനുൾപ്പെടെയുള്ള ജീവികളിൽ കണ്ടുവരാറുണ്ട് എന്നത പ്രകൃതിദത്തമായ ഇതിന്റെ സാർവത്രികത വ്യതമാക്കുന്നു. സസ്തിനികളിൽ, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച്, പുരുഷ നേതൃത്വ സ്വഭാവമുള്ള സാമൂഹിക ക്രമം, പ്രകടമാക്കുന്ന മൃഗങ്ങളിൽ ആണ് ഇത് കൂടുതലായും കണ്ടുവരുന്നത്. ഇതിന്റെ ഇരകൾ മുലകുടിക്കുന്ന കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങൾ മുതൽ സ്വതന്ത്രമായി ജീവിക്കാൻ ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങൾ വരെയാകാം.
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November 30, 2025
அடுத்த ஐம்பது ஆண்டுகளில் மனிதர்கள் என்ன செய்கிறார்கள் என்பதுதான் பூமியிலுள்ள அனைத்து உயிர்களின் விதியையும் தீர்மானிக்கும் - டேவிட் அட்டன்பரோ நேர்காணல்
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| டேவிட் அட்டன்பரோ |
டேவிட் அட்டன்பரோ (David Attenborough) உலகின் முன்னோடி சூழலியல் ஆளுமை, கானுயிர் சார் ஊடகவியல் முன்னோடி, எழுத்தாளர், சூழலியல் ஆய்வாளர். சுமார் 70 வருடங்களாக உலகம் முழுவதற்குமான சூழலியலுக்கான தொடர்பாளராக இருந்து வருகிறார். இயற்கையின் மீதான காதலை, கரிசனத்தை இந்நூற்றாண்டு மக்களிடம் கொண்டுசென்றதில் பெரும் பங்காற்றியுள்ளார். டேவிட் அட்டன்பரோவின் ஊடகப்பணி பிபிசி-யில் 1950-களின் ஆரம்பத்தில் துவங்கியது. தயாரிப்பாளராக பணியை ஆரம்பித்தவர் விரைவிலேயே தொகுப்பாளராகப் பொறுப்பேற்று, சூழலியல் வரலாற்று ஆவணப்படங்களுக்கான புதிய பாதையை உருவாக்கினார். டேவிட் உலகின் அனைத்துக்கண்டங்களையும் தனது ஆவணப்படங்களின் மூலம் காட்சிப்படுத்தி இருக்கிறார்.
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November 30, 2025
ജീവന്റെ ശബ്ദം - ബെന്നി കുറിയൻ
സർ ഡേവിഡ് അറ്റൻബറോയുടെ പ്രകൃതി വർണ്ണനകളിലെ മാനുഷിക ദർശനം
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| ഡേവിഡ് അറ്റൻബറോ |
സർ ഡേവിഡ് അറ്റൻബറോയുടെ നൂറാം ജന്മദിനം ആചരിക്കുവാനായി ലോകം ഒരുങ്ങുമ്പോൾ, നമ്മൾ അനുസ്മരിക്കുന്നത് ഒരു വ്യക്തിയെ മാത്രമല്ല — അദ്ദേഹം മുന്നോട്ടുവച്ച ജീവിതദർശനത്തെയും, ഒപ്പം, ഭൂമിയുടെ നിശ്ശബ്ദമായ വിളികൾ കേൾക്കാൻ മനുഷ്യനെ പഠിപ്പിച്ച കരുണാർദ്രമായ ആ ശബ്ദത്തെയുമാണ് .
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November 30, 2025
ఆయనకు ఈ భూమి ఓ సజీవ గ్రంథ స్రవంతి - దేవనపల్లి వీణావాణి
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| డేవిడ్ అటెన్బరో |
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November 30, 2025
A journey with Attenborough - Amoghavarsha J. S.
My journey with Wild Karnataka began long before we made the film, with a personal dream of meeting David Attenborough. Years ago, I had saved for months to attend Wildscreen—the “Oscars of wildlife filmmaking”—in Bristol, hoping to see him and get his autograph. I waited three days, but he never came. I returned home disappointed.
Years later, while we were shooting Wild Karnataka and editing in a Bristol studio, we casually asked our executive producer Harry Marshall if we could approach Attenborough to narrate the film. It began almost playfully, as an offhand suggestion during a long day in the studio. Surprisingly, he said, “I’ll ask.” Around the same time, we had met Alastair Fothergill—the man behind Planet Earth and Blue Planet—who told me very simply, “You should just ask him.” So we did. We sent David the film, and he loved it. He accepts very few narration gigs each year. He did ours because he really liked the film. It was the story of our own backyard by our own Indian filmmakers.
When Harry called and asked if I had “saved enough money,” I didn’t understand what he meant. Then he said, “David has said yes.” He accepted because he genuinely admired the film and because he liked that a team in India had made a full wildlife documentary independently. He even wrote, “It’s good to see peacocks finally not in somebody’s backyards, but in their natural habitat,”.
We recorded the narration at a studio in London where he usually works. David is known for being unfailingly punctual, but that day he arrived late due to heavy rain. We stood waiting at the door, and when it opened… in walked the man whose voice I had heard all my life. He apologized for being “so late.” In my mind I was thinking, “Sir… you’re apologising to us?” I was speechless. I’ve met many celebrities, but this felt different. He added, “I have a bit of a cold, but I’ll stay as long as required to get this right.”
When he began narrating, his voice and the music filled the studio, and when he said “Wild Karnataka,” all of us had tears in our eyes. We stopped looking at the script. One of our team mates joked that we had “lost all rational thought.” Honestly, we had. Hearing him pronounce the name of my home state was overwhelming. He finished the entire narration in just an hour or so.
His humour was unforgettable. One line in the script read, “Tigers only sweat through their paws.” Harry corrected it, saying they also sweat through the area around the anus. Without missing a beat, David said, “Well, it’s a little early in the day to be talking about breathing through one’s bottom.” That was his wit. He arrived alone, carrying his own files—humble, prepared, completely without fuss.
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| Amoghavarsha J. S. with David Attenborough |
After we finished, he put on a Mysore peta and declared, “Maharaja of natural history!” Then he added, “Now I don’t have to think about what to wear for Christmas.”
When the film became successful, I wrote him a three-page letter thanking him. He replied with a handwritten note: “Dear Amoghavarsha, thank you very much for your most generous gift. I’m delighted to know Wild Karnataka has been such a success.” The line that humbled me most was: “My contribution to it was slight.” That is the kind of person he is—quiet, grounded, and deeply gracious. Many people who have worked with him told us - this was one of his best voiceovers. It was a backyard story, and that moved him. He was amazed that a single Indian state could have such rich biodiversity, and pleasantly surprised by the sequences we had captured.
His influence on me is immense. He has an intuitive ability to connect with audiences by simplifying without diluting. He made wildlife accessible to the common person. At one point in the script, we had used the word “megafauna.” I worried that many would not understand it. During the recording, David simply said, “where the big animals roam.” That instinct—so natural to him—is what made generations fall in love with the natural world.
Over seventy years, he has repeatedly asked how we might encourage more people to connect with nature. He has always been medium-agnostic, from black-and-white films to 4K documentaries, never insisting on being overly scientific or academic. His approach has always been rooted in empathy. He wants to help audiences—most of whom may never see wild animals in their natural habitats—form a meaningful connection with them. If you read Zoo Quest, you see the measure of the man. In the 1950s, when a few chicks they were transporting refused to eat, he chewed their food himself and fed them from his mouth. That is the level of care and commitment he brought to his work. Having travelled more widely and for longer than almost anyone alive, he knows the state of the planet firsthand. It would be unwise not to listen to him.
He understands the challenges: unprecedented human pressure on habitats, especially in the oceans. Coral reefs are bleaching rapidly. I’ve dived across continents in recent years and have yet to see a fully alive, healthy reef. More than half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. Losing it should worry us far more than it currently does.
He often speaks about how rapidly consumption has grown—when my parents were young, they took one flight a year; today many take one a week. Families that once had a single car now have four. And if 1.5 billion people aspire to the same “ dream,” where will the space come from? David talks about sustainability not as a sermon but as a reflection. He puts thoughts into the world and trusts local cultures to interpret them. His message is simple: nature is changing faster than it can cope.
There is a quieter side to David—his humility and discipline. After modifying a few lines in our script, he wrote to us: “I’ve changed small bits of the script. I hope it doesn’t take away from it.” At his age and mastery, he didn’t need to seek permission, yet he did. He feels to me like someone who embodies an older kind of integrity—measured, ethical, deeply sincere. Even in his nineties, he approached every task with the seriousness of purpose that defined his entire life’s work.
Amoghavarsha J. S.
Rajasekar
| Amoghavarsha J. S. |
Amoghavarsha J.S. is an Indian filmmaker, wildlife photographer, and conservationist. He is known for his work in wildlife and nature documentary filmmaking, including films such as Wild Karnataka (2019) and Gandhada Gudi (2022). Wild Karnataka explores the biodiversity of Karnataka and received two awards at the 67th National Film Awards. He also served as the art director for the album Divine Tides by Ricky Kej and Stewart Copeland, which received two Grammy Awards.
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| Rajasekhar |
Rajasekar is a literature Reader and works as a designer in the computer industry. He is interested in art, philosophy, and music.
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November 30, 2025
His Life on Earth - Rahul Tharun
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| David Attenborough |
“The ZooQuest” was the first real wildlife adventure series of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It was spearheaded by Jack Lester (39), the then curator of reptiles in the London Zoo who had the zoological expertise along with a very young and inexperienced low-level producer David Attenborough (28). Instead of filming captive animals in the zoo, the crew would go to different parts of the world, capture live wildlife, film the entire process for broadcasting, and bring them back to the zoo. It was the most engaging way to educate the public on wildlife. In 1954, Jack Lester was on the first expedition for the ZooQuest in West Africa, specifically to Sierra Leone to capture a live specimen of Corvus albus, the pied crow. It was during this expedition that Jack Lester fell ill with a serious tropical infection. With Lester unable to host the show now, Attenborough was brought in to take over the show as he had already done some wildlife content and was well read, but he had been earlier rejected and labeled unfit to for on-camera work. They stated that his face was too long and his teeth too large. Lester’s misfortune accidentally made David Attenborough the on-screen presenter for the ZooQuest. Neither of them realized that this moment would lead to the growth of a natural history giant—someone whose voice would eventually influence global policies.
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November 29, 2025
Cereal and Natural History - Sambavi
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| David Attenborough |
Hans and Lotte Hass, Austrian filmmakers, were already pushing the boundaries of what was possible by taking cameras down below the sea and touring the world aboard their schooner, the Xafira, in the 1950s when Attenborough’s broadcasting career just began. In one of their 1953 Galápagos films, a crewman handled a sea lion pup, having crawled across the volcanic rock of Fernandina honking at sea lions to attract them. A penguin and giant tortoise were brought on board the Xafira. And as Lotte Hass took photographs, she’d coax the poor creature to “not be frightened” and “look pleasant.”
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November 29, 2025
David Attenborough: The Wonder of a Century - Logamadevi
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| David Attenborough |
Archibald, a hunter, was engaged in beavers hunting in the Canadian wilderness, accompanied by his wife, Anahario. Having come to Canada from England at the age of 17, he developed a deep fascination with the lifestyles of the Ojibwe Indigenous people of North America. By living among them, he mastered the ways of the wilderness—learning to hunt, trap small creatures, and endure even in the harshest and most unlikely of habitats.
Back then, beavers’ silk-/velvet-like fur was highly prized. Selling this skin proved to be quite lucrative, and Archibald soon took up the trade himself. Soon, throughout the region, he became widely known as the renowned beaver hunter.