The landscape of Hampi is deceptively barren. The imposing boulders on the bone-dry plains create an illusion that life here has abandoned verve. After all, the monuments of Hampi have abandonment writ large on them. But it’s not all melancholy. All landscapes are not lush but that’s no testimony to lack of joie de vivre within. Like ears tuning to different moods when switching from a vibrant sitar rendition to a sarangi’s deep introspective timbre, we only need to look closely into the arid sparseness of this land, to appreciate its rich tones of flora and fauna. One of the

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