Welcome!

This is around 4pm on a weekday at St Anne's High School in Bengaluru. The playground's perimeter is flanked by trees. Before the school bell rings, children can be heard chatting under the trees' shade as the day begins. As the watchmen rest for the day after a bustling morning, the crowd gradua

A scenario which seems to be very common in the Indian context is a tea stall being located under the shade of a tree. Here, a tea shop located along with several other shops attracts a wide variety of customers. Many of the tea stall customers work in the nearby enterprises. In front of this shop

On a morning stroll through the lovely streets of Jayanagar, Bengaluru. I discovered a crowded restaurant. The trees on both sides of the restaurant form an extension of the restaurant. The seating spaces (arugus) beneath the tree provide shade for passersby. In order to enjoy their food and t

An internal residential street in the Thanisandra neighbourhood in Bengaluru. Both sides of this 2-lane street are lined with residences, the boundary walls of which are intermittently lined with trees with light canopies. While a few families on this street have built their parking spaces within th

Today, I observed three children playing underneath the shade of a tree. While the canopy of this tree itself was not dense, its surrounding trees provided the children a shaded space to gather and play in. The tree had particularly large leaves. As I approached the children, I noticed that the chil