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We’ve been wondering for a while how to make the city feel ours again. Today, we tried.
The women readers of WILD CAPITAL met in Sanjay van, and we laughed, walked, explored and ✨✨loitered✨✨

For the readers who couldn’t make it, I hope to walk with you soon. 🪲

For international readers, I hope the same for and with you.

This Papdi tree exploding out of Aravalli rocks (top Left) is a personal flagstaff for me. A huge tree can grow out of rocks, and live and thrive. It knows how to make the most of life. It seems to be laughing.

The lovely Commelina, beautiful like an orchid, inconspicuous like everyday.

Women from faraway places coming together = one of my favourite things.

Sanjay van is full of lianas that climb up trees like snakes. Photo by Paroma.

The Swift butterfly catching some morning sun.

The Kanghi (comb) plant!

The Handmaiden moth, that mimics a wasp.

The Green Sandpiper, a migrant. My first Green of the season! Don’t miss his snowy belly.

@runningfeat did an impromptu read of her favourite portions from WILD CAPITAL.

WILD CAPITAL bingo had a beetle crawling over the beetle section!

The last mushrooms. Photo by Paroma.

“I felt like a child again,” @hanarchy5 said.

The lovely Kair, a spiky, tough plant of the Aravallis and Thar, with the most lovely molten red flowers.
We will return here when the tree is flowering.

Guardian.

October is about dragonflies sunning themselves and taking to the sky in curving zoomies.

The wind was in our hair.

An explosion of Ronjh flowers, a tree that loves rocky, dry places. We need to learn from this tree.
In the Central Ridge portion in the book, I write about a single tree that felt like it was all the trees in the forest.

Black drongo patrolling from his tree.

The sun breaks through a perfect morning.

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Three things I learned from Spring.
Four things you will find in WILD CAPITAL.

The book’s link is in my bio.

(Wild Capital, author, conservation, writing, wildlife)

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BIRDS OF DMMC – 1
White-browed Wagtail | വാലുകുലുക്കി

One of the most common birds on our campus. You’ll spot them around the basketball court, hostel and RB front yards and even along the roads, always busy wagging their long tails, true to their name.
Don’t confuse them with the Oriental Magpie-Robin (മണ്ണാത്തിപ്പുള്ള്); wagtails stand out with their constant tail-wagging walk, thick white eyebrows and with calls if you listen closely.

Our campus hosts three wagtail species. Along with the White-browed Wagtail, we also see Grey Wagtails and Forest Wagtails during winter.

White browed wagtail, birds of kerala, birds of wayanad
Wayanad birding, Dr Moopen's Medical College.

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I only made the tiny diary, which didn't take too long, so basically i haven't contributed much to this, the beautiful art work in the diary is done by my friend Aruvi @postcards.from.india . Fine detailed work of various different birds 😊.

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🍃What to look forward to in a ToC Quiz?

Lots and lots of fun in addition to plants, photos, trivia and connections. Tease your brain, observe more, the answers are in the feed and in your surroundings

🍃 There are two levels (for now, can be edited later)

🍃 Easy Peasy- ID the given plant (Pic 2 &3)
🍃 Need to Think- Make Connections (Pic 4)

The ToC quizzes are available in the highlights after the day of publication

They are posted mostly as IG stories and at times as posts. You can send me a DM for doubts, clarifications & answers.

The ToC Quiz | Taking Stalk '23

#treesofcochin #takingstalk23 #plantsmakepeoplehappy #botanizing #planthumanities #plant #flower #tree #kerala #explorepage #naturequiz #quizzing #naturegram #plantplantplant #plantlover #uniteactdeliver

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The Season of the Alstonia scholaris has begun. Little packets of whitish green buds are gradually appearing on the trees and starting to bloom. Over the next few days and in November the packets will appear on tree after tree, streets, avenues, bridges and homes

Its fragrance is an acquired feeling

🍃It is often described as a whiff, a slight smell, carried on a current of air from the nearby trees in bloom.

🍃It is fragrant to others as they think of it as a sweet and pleasant smell, but intoxicating especially while standing under the tree in close proximity, at night

🍃This may be the reason why it has also been described as unpleasant & pungent bordering on an odor

What is Alstonia scholaris to you? How do you describe its smell?

Smell is a faculty or the power of perceiving an essence of something through the nose

✨ PC & Art Credits

Aruvi @postcards.from.india was happy to share her impression of the Alstonia scholaris.

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#alstonia #alstoniascholaris #blooming #bloomingnow #treesofcochin #rebels_nature #kochigram #rawkingdomarts #seasonalflowers #seasonwatch #explorepage #soi_ #naturegram #plantstories #toc_alstonia #ongoingoctober

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There are certain days in a year when it rains irrespective of the season or so is the belief. July 3, The Feast of St Thomas the Apostle, is one among them.

Dukrana is a Syriac word for Remembrance! As it has rained incessantly on dukrana for years together, today is no exception, the Malayalee plays with it to call it, thorana. It is a description of the magnitude of the rain in people's memories that talks about a heavy downpour that can bring 6 elephants floating from the hills to the plains. In today's context, parts of Ernakulam flooding, and the IMD sounding the Red Alert for heavy #rainfall

Good Friday is another day when people across #Kerala expect a thunder lightening intolerant standing rain for a few hours! We would have heard many many many accounts of being stranded in the church as the rain lashes out during and after the way of cross procession.

'Atham karuthal, Onam velukkum' is yet another local myth. It is believed that if it rains on atham, thiruonam will be bright and sunny! Atham is the official beginning of the 10 day long Onam season. Even vice-versa is believed to be true.

📍What are your local rain myths and beliefs
📍Coffee Reels for my Coffee Lover friend @jvaradha

#MonsoonNature is an initiative of @deepblue112
& @treesofcochin to talk endlessly about rains, every drop of rain. Join us with your thoughts, moods, vibes, sketches ..

#moodygrams #rainlover #keralamonsoon #july #citygrammers #raw_community #rebel_nature #explorepage #explore #kerala360 #bbcearth #natgeoyourshot #trenndingreels #onam #kochigram #kochimatters #dukrana

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Wild Malappuram: A Celebration of the District's Biodiversity through Images
Photography exhibition at Lalilakala Akademy Art Gallery, Malappuram
#malappuram #photography #photographyexhibition #wildlifephotography #wildphoto #biodiversity #photo #kottakkunnu #event #photoevent #kerala #wildlifeofinstagram

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The #FofSeries A Summary of March 2023

The flame of the forest
The colours of spring
The festivities around spring
New Year Celebrations

@gardening_wizard and @treesofcochin have had a ball discussing & curating this month-long series in March, we return with summer trees soon.

As always, observe nature, let's find joy in little details

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#explore #explorepage #treestagram #kerala #trending #plantreels #buteamonosperma #palash #TamilNadu #naturelovers #gardening

#treesofcochin #gardeningwizard

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When someone inspires you to draw more....

#new art#drawing#learningthebasics#loveforart#penandpaper

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Manja Pada blooming all over #Kerala supporting the Manja Pada in the final four 🙂

Konna blooming is a emotion just like Kerala Blasters is 🔥

Tag #konnablooming when you spot one :)

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#treestagram #treeoftheday
#citygrammers #citytrees
#reelitfeelit #reelsinstagram
#reelsindia #Cochin #summervibes
#keralagram #godsowncountry
#treesofcochin #entekeralam

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Next up on #JubileeEMspotlight is @aajay3078, Emergency Physician from the hilly terrain of Wayanad who loves nature as much as medicine!

AJAY A

Hometown 🏠: Meppadi, Wayanad

Med School🏫
:JMMC & RI

EM Residency🏨: JMMC & RI

Currently working as:
Assistant Professor, DM WIMS, Wayanad

Why did you opt EM✌️?
I opted for EM after working in EM for 1 year at JMMC after MBBS.

Why did you choose Jubilee EM👆?
I took EM at jubilee because I had worked in the department and was confident that I would be trained to be a good EM physician at Jubilee

Experience as a resident as well as a consultant🩺?
I enjoyed my residency. It equipped me for my future. I will always love to come back to the jubilee EM family

First day in EM1️⃣?
December 2010

Any particular case(s) which was an eye opener for you😳?
A case of biliary peritonitis who was in ED red area for close to a month.

Academic Interests🚑?
EmCrit, Trauma Critical Care, Prehospital Care

Favorite peripheral postings💥?
Urology, Gastroenterology, Burns

Pros of Jubilee EM👍?
A very good system that nurtures post graduate trainees. A good system that caters to patient needs.

Cons of Jubilee EM👎?
Need further infrastructure to become the best department in India!

What did you gain during your tenure at Jubilee EM 💪?
My senior residency in Jubilee EM was an eye opener in a lot of ways. I thank Dr Babu sir for
involving even the post graduate residents and senior residents in administration issues of the department and helping us understand the importance of administration duties in EM.

Future perspectives about EM in India🌠?
Future looks bright for EM in India. New frontiers are opening.

Advice to EM residents/enthusiasts🗣️
:
Remember you make the decision to send one home safely so prepare yourself to the best of your ability so that you don't fail. And also remember 'we plan to fail'!

Interests outside Medicine🏞️?
Nature, Travel

If I wasn’t in Medicine, I’d be🌏: A
Traveller !

#EmergencyMedicine #JubileeEM #10YearsOfJubileeEM

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