Introduction

I am fascinated by life-forms: their sizes, shapes, sounds, smells and the range of colours, some ineffable, and so many that one can't fit them into a box.

Looking outside my window, I see a bird swooping down towards its prey, but someone else might simply see a city or an endless expanse of buildings; what really changed, is the perspective!

During high school years I learnt the extent of damage done by us and about small efforts being made towards remedying it.

We treat the earth as if it's ours, as if everything on it belongs to us.  We have created a world that revolves only around us and our needs. Such a world cannot exist for long.  We need to look around and realise that we share the earth with many other species; so many, that we are still discovering them. These species are our neighbours, this earth belongs to them as much as it belongs to us.  

Today these species are so vulnerable that they are directly dependent on us to make the right choices, to stop unnecessary expansion and deforestation, to stop intruding onto their share of this planet. Imagine if your neighbour started using your yard or put up a fence in your garden, one would be appalled, angry and would take immediate and serious action. Now imagine wouldn't the other species, the animals, plants and trees be facing a similar situation?

I grew up knowing Sparrows and Indian Palm squirrels in my backyard but today barely a decade and half later, I see no sparrows in my neighbourhood, and now posters are needed to urge people to stop felling trees as its driving the squirrels out.

Even after watching countless hours of National Geographic, Discovery and other informational channels, today I am intrigued and continue to spend my evenings watching new shows and learning something new every day. These shows have taught me to notice my surroundings and seek information about them, what lives around me and how I can help it. I would often wonder about how I can involve more people in my purpose? The answer to my question might be this blog, it is a small step towards trying to make more people aware of their surrounding and the issues faced by species other than humans.

I wish people to notice and know which bird sings outside their window every morning, which tree provides us shade, what animal might have lived on this land prior to us, why are certain species in immediate need of our help.

I wish to compel people towards living a more sustainable life, to enjoy the green area and teach children about the beautiful butterflies fluttering on the flowers or the small bird chirping the bush. I wish people to be more compassionate toward the whimpering puppy outside your backyard or the helpless fledgling that fell out of its nest. And this blog shall be a small effort towards changing peoples’ perspective of nature.