I came across this book during one of my desperate hunts at the college library. I was holding onto a huge book by Amitav Ghosh, which I had trouble placing back on the shelf, even though I knew I wouldn't be able to finish it before I leave for my hometown in a week. So the only way to get that book from me was to replace it with another book, which I might be able to finish reading in a week. The search thus began. It must be fairly obvious from the picture above that one

As part of our Bioregional Studies class, our Professor, Dr Samuel Rufus, encouraged us to explore the flora and fauna of MCC. We were asked to go around the campus, click pictures of the birds we spot and identify them using Google Lens. And thus began our birdwatching adventure that started with the allotted hour and extended into two days of after-class group excursions. In the book, The Bioregional Imagination: Literature, Ecology, and Place , a bioregion is defined, l

You clutch onto it— the little light in the dark. You chase after it, yet stand still when it parts. You offer everything for that presence; a short-lived moment of honesty alive. Is it a wish that craves or a need that braves, this strong faith in a passing mate. A stubborn impulse, an idealistic leap— when you mute all doubts and chose to believe. A joy that mourns, a hope that burns but still takes flight knowing well its plight. I still look up— when hope comes by, and lo