What happens to a decimated piece of land when it is looked at from a lens of curiosity and compassion? How does land become the conduit that can invoke a return of biodiversity, rebuild local economies, and catapult personal journeys. What do hundreds of these restored ecosystems mean for the future of our planet? This is the story of Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath, Zerodha CTO Kailash Nadh, restoration practitioner Varun Balakrishnan, and their work on Elephants by the Lake - an ~80 acre land restoration project set in the Eastern Ghats.