Jayanthi Sankaran

I am a Freelance journalist holding a Diploma in Features and Freelance Writing from the London Scool of Journalism. I live in Chennai and am passionate about Travelling, Non-Fiction, Fiction and Music. Although, I have previously worked in Banking in the US, I have most recently shifted gears into being a journalist.

Trees Trounce Temple

By Jayanthi Sankaran

What distinguishes this temple from other Angkor temples is the saddening spectacle of gigantic silk-cotton, banyan and strangler fig trees, some of them more than 40 metres high, swallowing up large sections of the temple. This is the only structure that has been left as it is by the French, – the École française d’Extrême-Orient – who were doing renovation work, to bear testimony to the wrath of nature against man-made objects.

FLOATING VILLAGES OF CAMBODIA

By Jayanthi Sankaran

The eco-system and habitat surrounding the Tonlé Sap Lake also pulsates with its seasonal flooding and draining. A great majority of the trees, plants and shrubs are deciduous. Instead of shedding their leaves during the dry season, they loose them when the lake deepens, when they are inundated. However, there are also several plant species that remain evergreen, despite being waterlogged for six to eight months, each year. They are laden with fruits and seeds, at the time of flooding.