Harish Dixit

Mangoes and Kokum Harish Dixit Senior Infrastructure Manager – APAC Linkedin There is something quietly extraordinary about the way a childhood memory can find you when you least expect it. Not through photographs or stories told at dinner tables, but through a smell, a sound, or the sight of someone you love doing something wonderfully unselfconscious. Last week, I was on a family vacation in Dapoli, Ratnagiri, when it happened to me. We had woken early that morning to the fluting calls of...

Harish Dixit Senior Infrastructure Manager – APAC Linkedin For five years, a tiny, nine-coloured wonder had been giving me the slip. The first time I heard its cheerful two-note whistle on one of my morning walks, I ran towards the sound. But by the time I got there, the bird was gone. All I had was a sound recording and a heart full of hope. After that, friends and fellow birdwatchers kept spotting it in different corners of the city. It even entered people’s homes, primarily due to...

Harish Dixit Senior Infrastructure Manager – APAC Linkedin Heart-spotted woodpecker (Top), Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Left) and Rufous woodpecker (Right) Birdwatching has a curious way of blurring the line between preparation and providence. This truth felt especially real during our monthly bird survey at Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Sunday, 26 April 2026. It was a day that blended effort and chance into one lasting memory. My group consisted of Hansel, Sunil, Rahul and myself. As we...