"Turn Off the Lights" by Suprabha Seshan, published in The Indian Quarterly (January 2016) 

In the piece, Seshan explores how our collective compulsion to banish darkness is harming both the planet and our lives. She writes about the night being "under assault" — describing how plant respiration, the release of melatonin, the pollination of night-blooming flowers by moths, and the dark phase of circadian rhythms are all being disrupted. 

Seshan lives at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, where she works as an educator and restoration ecologist.