Author. Junglee. Traveller. Sleepless dreamer.
Eating one’s brother AREFA TEHSIN Hungry enough to eat your own? Be grateful that you weren’t born as any of these animals, for they have a habit of gulping down members of their family. We are in an eternal habit of attributing human qualities to animals. Aww…she sings like a koel! For your information, the... Continue Reading →
June 27, 2016 Updated: June 27, 2016 17:58 IST COME, BE A STUDENT REVIEWER! Photo: R. Ravindran It’s your chance to read a new book and be rewarded It’s your chance to read a new book and be rewarded. In the run-up to The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards 2017, we invite students to team with... Continue Reading →
Sunday, June 05, 2016 Lively Presentation by Author Arefa Tehsin, the author of ‘Wild in the Backyard’ and other wildlife stories conducted an interesting presentation for Funday Times Club Members and readers on May 28, 2016 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute Auditorium. The presentation focused on little-known questions on wildlife such as, do tigers... Continue Reading →
Travelogue in Outlook Money on our visit to the Gol Gumbaz. The stunning captures by Adityavikram More.
REVIEW Wild in the Backyard By : Jane De Suza / 2016 Wild in the Backyard Author: Arefa Tehsin, Illustrator: Sayantan Halder 230 pages. English. Rs 199.00 Penguin Books, 2015 “Ma, did you know that lice poop is red?” yelled my nine-year-old son, and I hushed him because I didn’t want the neighbourhood thinking we were walking around with lice. Though, of... Continue Reading →
For a little bit of honey AREFA TEHSIN Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi Though the village children taunted Badi Bi, Veerka liked her. Even to the extent of braving a midnight jaunt into the dark forest. “There is a dusty road up the hills which goes nowhere…” was the only thing Badi Bi would say. But she... Continue Reading →
Inspirational Woman: Arefa Tehsin | Author Posted On14 Apr 2016 By :Ashish Bhardwaj Tell us about yourself, your background and what you do currently I come from a family of nature lovers. My grandfather T. H. Tehsin was one of the first big game hunters turned conservationists of India. He was a contemporary of Jim... Continue Reading →
Call of the WILD AREFA TEHSIN From the sambar deer to the howler monkey, the blue whale to the tiger pistol shrimp, they all have one thing in common...they are a noisy lot! We might or might not hear it. But sound is everywhere — deep inside the ponds, rivers and oceans or in... Continue Reading →
Environment Education Online Where in the Pyramid are You? Wild in the Backyard-By Arefa Tehsin -Susan Sharma Arefa Tehsin's latest book, published by Penguin Books, is one of a kind. Wild in the back yard conjures up images of birds, chirpy squirrels and all the beauty they represent. But Arefa has other things in... Continue Reading →
A Photo Feature by Adityavikram More in Outlook Money
Arefa Tehsin 