In which a snake entered my apartment

So, what do you do when a 6-foot-long rat-snake enters you apartment? You write a story, of course!
And as I was writing this piece for The Hindu (Mumbai Edition), I learnt about the fantastic bio-diversity of my city, Mumbai. We’ve got an enviable coastline, a 103-odd sq. kilometre national park in the city (which makes Central Park in NYC look teeny-tiny!); we’ve got mangroves and salt-pans. And with all of this come the colourful birds, fantastic marine life (we’ve even got anemones), leopards, and as many as 33 (confirmed) varieties of snakes right across the city.
To protect Mumbai’s bio-diversity, in the face of climate-change, there’s still a lot we can do collectively and individually. To find out more, click here