I am an Agriculture graduate specializing in entomology. I worked on the taxonomy of non-Apis bee pollinators for my M.Sc. thesis work. I grew up listening to the croaking Minerverya and the notorious Racket-tailed drongo, which led me to develop an ardent curiosity in nature. I have a keen interest in studying the behavior and taxonomy of insects and spiders. My goals are to learn about the traditional farming practices and natural farming systems along with the traditional cuisines! I am broadly interested in understanding the anthropogenic land-use-degradation effects on insects and spiders. I am currently working in TERFC Kadamane and aspiring to take some ecological works on insects. You can see me turning leaves and photographing critters in my free time and very rarely painting them too! Sometimes you might need to smack my head to see which fiction book I am reading ;)