Month: April 2020
The Talking Trees and the Mystery of Nature
Wouldn’t it be amazing if trees could actually talk to each other? Currently, trees communicate by swerving their branches and leaves. They make high, and low-pitched noises. Some day we shall be able to decode their language. But, if the trees could really talk like us, these are a few things I think they would discuss.
Harshit Saxena /
April 30, 2020
If trees could talk to each other, what would they talk about?
Wouldn’t it be amazing if trees could actually talk to each other? Currently, trees communicate by swerving their branches and leaves. They make high, and low-pitched noises. Some day we shall be able to decode their language. But, if the trees could really talk like us, these are a few things I think they would discuss.
Veer Chandra /
April 30, 2020
Nature has its own ways to heal itself!
Today the world is wrestling with the Coronavirus. This pandemic has killed many people all over the globe and is continuing to do so. This is a shorthand story to not feel like a prisoner of this pandemic and plan for a brighter future.
Yashwani Saxena /
April 30, 2020
Garden Cafe
About the Author Professor Jaideep Mathur is a Plant Cell Biologist at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, who combines science and art to develop an understanding of plants. While nature inspires his paintings the effect is often surrealistic, solely reflecting his impressions and an imaginary world of beautiful plant forms that exists in his mind.
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April 30, 2020
NATURE
This morning is a bright sunny day, Gleaming leaves in the sun’s ray, In the morning there is a sight, To see the sun very bright. A butterfly in a flower bed, Is so pretty if you want to bet, Chirping birds are all around, Squirrels peeping out of their house. Wind blows, rustling the leaves, Then peace all around the trees, The flow of the river and the playing of fish, Is so beautiful you can’t even guess. Then...
Anushka Mathur /
April 30, 2020
A Tree Tale
About the Author Navya Saxena loves to draw, paint, dance and hug trees!
Navya Saxena /
April 30, 2020
I Love Flowers!
About the Author Anya Jain loves flowers because they are beautiful, and she likes reading about all the different kinds. When she grows up, Anya wants to be a botanist.
Anya Jain /
April 30, 2020
My Magnolia Tree
I look out my window, on a cold and dreary day,Feeling sad and gloomy, wishing I could go outside and play. Suddenly I hear a whisper, “Look up here Avni!You are not alone, it’s your friend the magnolia tree!” My frown breaks into a smile, my heart fills with love,My beautiful magnolia tree with big green leaves, flowers white as doves. It says to me quietly, bringing its branches down,“You will always have friends in nature, take a look around!”...
Avni Jain /
April 30, 2020
Maple and the Birds
About the Author Roocha Shukla is keenly interested in science. She also loves to write, draw, and paint things that inspire her. This comic is an expression of her inspiration from nature.
Roocha Shukla /
April 30, 2020
The Lipstick Tree
So much more than a cosmetic
Marina Vera Ku, Maria Angeles Poot Cab, Victoria Gurevich /
April 30, 2020
Social Distancing and Public Health in Ancient India
Reflections on the historical and sacred value of white pine
Alok Goel /
April 30, 2020