Sitting in a balcony facing a forest in the apartment of our daughter I wonder where the botanists have gone. In our times it was common site to see lots of botanists tracking the woods and…

If you look at the Pines sitting in your balcony you will wonder why they growth taller and taller and their apex moves towards the sky in straight line. You can see apical dominance. What provides…

Palace of winds or Hawamahal of Jaipur is one the landmark or monuments. If you climb up the monument you can see the Nahargarh fort or Tiger fort once den or tiger is now a barren hills . Hope some…

Janter Manter of Jaipur is now world heritage site but what about hills of Jaipur. Most of plants are cut and taken away as headloads by women for fuel. Termite attack is destroying large number of…

A view of Jaigarh fort from the Amber fort of Jaipur tells the untold story written on the hills, barren hills with no vegetation. As a botanist one may cry but how many of are us botanists nowMost…

Some of the most scenic views in the world can be had from Eiffel tower.  

Ocimum basilicum is closely related to Ocimum canum and has great medicinal properties in traditional medicine. Each home in India was supposed to have this plant in their courtyard and worship…

Beaches are to be kept clean. I witnessed beach of Barcelona. It was first time I visited a beach outside developing world. It was very different experience to see people relaxing as they please .…

Sunflower is sign of luck in Germany, at least as my late Professor Dr Karl-Hermann Neumann told me on visit to his home in Hungen near Giessen in state of Hessen of Germany. He was leading a…

As against the common belief out of 16 families showing C 4 type of photosynthesis ( in some of their plant species ) mainly found in tropical plants where initial carbon acceptor is…