A little bit of context before you begin reading this book review. I have recently enrolled for an MA in Philosophy at the University of Mumbai. Philosophy is something I have been getting interested in, over the past few years, as those of you who have been reading my blogs and Instagram posts would know. During the pandemic, I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do next, and this is what I eventually came up with. It has been a challenge, getting back into academics as a student at this age, especially in a subject I have no academic background in. However, it has also been very exciting, especially thanks to my wonderful classmates (who, surprisingly, are of all age-groups, including some quite near my own) and my teachers, who have been very supportive and understanding. How well I will do is something that remains to be seen, but so far, I am enjoying this new journey and look forward to where it leads. Now that you know the background , you probably get an idea of how
This one is a permanent resident of our colony, and can be relied on to appear every now and then, reminding us of his presence, especially as a warning to kids not to venture into the bushes! Capturing him on camera has never been easy, even though he comes out to bask in the sun, because he seems to be more wary of the kids than they are of him, and he is the first to disappear when they mark their arrival with whoops and shouts.
I saw the chap this week as I left to collect Samhith from school, and he didn't seem to be bothered much by me, and continued to absorb the warm sun rays after a sudden spate of rainfall.
As I clicked on and on, happy that I had my camera with me for once, he turned to regard me, as if wondering what I was doing!
Incidentally, for those of you who are interested, this one is an Indian (or Oriental) Garden Lizard, also called a Changeable Lizard. It is NOT a chameleon, though it does change its colours, but much more slowly.
Great captures Anu, he seems to be knowing he is getting famous. :)
ReplyDeleteNice shots, Anu. :)
ReplyDeleteRecently we were observing a chameleon and were surprised to see it was not changing colours. May be it is a slow process.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks like a mini iguana.
Good to learn about this Garden Lizard. Thank you for this post.
ReplyDeleteNice clicks Anu... He too seems very curious!!
ReplyDelete@Indrani: Thanks... yes, he does seem to love the publicity!
ReplyDelete@Bindhu: Thanks.
@Chitra: samhith was asking me the same thing sometime back, which is why I searched a bit on the net before simply labeling it as a chameleon! and yes, it does look like a mini iguana... i was trying to get samhith to understand about evolution that way...
@Celine: thanks.. i learnt a lot too thanks to writing the post :)
@Atri: thanks... he really seemed curious!
Awesome photographs, Anu. And I always thought that fellow was a chameleon- nice to know that he is not.
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