Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka The earth is littered with the rainforest’s decaying longings. All shades of brown, from acceptable to unacceptable, lying On top of each other, shuffled for suitability of daddy long legs And Russell’s vipers. Two hours ago, our guide had shown us unmistakable footprints of a memory of elephants. We’d wondered then, […]
Lavanya Arora
Lavanya Arora (they/he) is an independent researcher and writer from Uttarakhand, currently based in Bengaluru, India. Their work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Frontier Poetry, Tamarind Literary, Third Space anthologies, and elsewhere. In a past life, they tried understanding plant and bacterial DNA. They often dream of going on extensive lunch dates with Arbus and Manto. Instagram: @lavaurora