Only sixteen, but it seems to me like I started this blog aeons ago!!! Yesterday, I read in the newspaper that Karnataka stood second in the country when it came to deforestation. From 2021-2023, we lost 460 sq km of green cover. We have no right to complain about animals and birds invading our space... My annual ' story share ' is from the Jataka tales - reiterating the fact that we humans have always been insensitive about the creatures who share the planet with us. As long as we get what we want, we do not care/ think about their needs. The story 👇🏼 On a mango tree beside a river lived a monkey king with his subjects. During the mango season, the monkeys ensured that no fruit fell into the river - they did not want humans to know about the fruit. Humans, they feared, would destroy them and their habitat for the delicious fruit. One day, a mango fell into the river unnoticed by the monkeys. Downstream, it caught the attention of a king who was bathing in the river. He ...