India, Aug. 2 -- Children, in all their innocence, can be cruel to creatures, pulling off wings of honeybees and giggling at their torture. Equally, some children can exude an unpretentious empathy and connect seamlessly.

At a recent event to showcase the biodiversity of darkness in the guise of a moth lure screen at the Sukhna Lake Nature Trail, Variaam Singh (6) astonished all. The event took time to start, and while edgy adults busied themselves in small talk, Variaam tracked fireflies and rattled off guileless observations.

Finally, the light lure was switched on and as moths flew to the screen, Variaam parked himself underneath it. Unlike some adults who ignorantly perceive moths as venomous and prickly, the child was fearless and ...