Chennai’s water woes

Poor urban planning and implementation. Politics, corruption, apathy. El Niño. Northeast monsoon. Chaos! The best and worst of humanity to the fore.

El Niño, that weird weather phenomenon that is not yet fully understood, is gaining strength in the equatorial waters…

Merry Christmas!

Winter. “Monkey” caps, shawls, sweaters, ear-muffs, and brrrrr-ing. There are certain geographical aspects to Christmas. Here are some.

Snow! Snow?? Here in southern India? Not on your life! But just check out the greeting cards in stores and see how many of them show snow…

A geographic khichdi

You know, the world is a very fast-moving thing. I find a lot of geographically interesting materials online. If I were to write about each of them individually once a week, there is no way I would be able to convey these to you while things are still “fresh.” This is why, I end up sharing…