In a 2021 report assessing SGNP’s environmental carrying capacity, the Central Pollution Control Board notes that the minimum Land Surface Temperature of this eco-sensitive area increased from 17.93 ℃ to 24.34 ℃ between 2000-20. On reading this National Green Tribunal initiated report in the matter of OA 462/2018, the architect asked the adivasi artist, “Did you know? SGNP’s Land Surface Temperature increased by 6.5 ℃ in the last two decades. How do adivasis notice weather change?” “I have learnt a little from my grandparents,” he replied, “When the koel starts singing during its mating season, dark clouds appear. There is a black coloured insect whose name I don’t remember. It eats the Red Silk tree’s cotton whose flowers bloom after Holi. This insect turns saffron during its mating season. At this time, rain should be around the threshold. We consider this colour change as if gods have descended from heaven on to the earth to greet the rain! Estimating how black the clouds are,” he continued, “Elders speak of the monsoon’s arrival by connecting cloud, wind and raindrop observations to more-than-human life. So monsoon has arrived on frog back if raindrops sound like long, slow croaks; on horse back if they sound tap-tap,” steady clip-clop of hooves; “on grass back if they sway like tall grass in the wind; and, on elephant back if they sound like their feet thud and thumping. You should talk with the elders in my pada to understand more.”