Watching a butterfly is therapeutic. They seem to live in their own dreamlike state, floating, dipping, fluttering, even as the rest of the world crashes, burns and fights

अगर तितलियां पृथ्वी से खत्म हो जाएं तो सेब से लेकर कॉफी तक कई फसलों के उत्पादन पर संकट आ जाएगा और जब तक फसलें ही नहीं होंगी तो हम तक भी कुछ भी नहीं पहुंचेगा। तितलियों के परागण के बाद ही तो फूलों से बनते हैं।

A recent survey of two prominent parks in Mumbai has revealed the rich biodiversity that inhabits them. The survey has concluded that there are 316 species of plants and 250 species of animals, insects, and birds. The two surveyed parks are Mancherji Joshi Five Gardens in Dadar and Dr Abdul Kalam Vanodyan in Malad.

Recognising the importance of preserving and protecting its biodiversity, Kiraksal village in Satara district has worked tirelessly towards improving the living conditions of not just its human inhabitants but also its birds, beasts and butterflies.

The December 2023 issue of Connection magazine is available for a free download from Gaon Connection’s website.

Neem flowers are used in various food preparations. Roasted flowers crumbled on hot plain steamed rice, with a generous helping of ghee, make for a perfect summer lunch. These flowers can be dried, preserved and used throughout the year. Here’s how.

Thanks to the strong will of a bureaucrat and the villagers to provide green cover to a barren plot of land, around an acre of in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district has been modified into a ‘micro-forest’.

Birding is a joy in any form whether we are watching them, photographing them, writing about them or doing illustrations of them.