Corridors – Connecting the dots
This blog was triggered by a recent news of tiger traversing 1300kms in matter of weeks. As I reached my desk in office, a colleague of mine asked me “Is this really possible? Do we have so much jungle around us? Why don’t they (tigers) stay inside forest? These questions got me excited so much […]
What’s in the name..Essence of life!
What’s in name? That which we call a rose by another name would smell sweet.. William Shakespeare It is statement followed by forest department (FD) pretty in letter and spirit these days. Maharashtra’s most popular Tiger reserve – Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve recently released notice to everyone in eco system clearly stating “not to christen tigers […]
Journey inward
”The Longest Journey is the journey inward” Jungle safari season for 2019-20 starts in 2 days. I was wondering how do I persuade my urban denizens to join me in the life-changing experience of wild. So I came up with the idea of this blog. It was a conversation I had a few days ago […]
Temperamental & Savage – Bears of India
Winne- Yogi- Balu- Fozzie- Smokey- Barth… What is common among them? They represent one of the most unique species from the wild called – bear! Bears have captured our imagination since ages. May it be the honey-loving Balu from jungle book or sweetheart Winne, bears have an aura of their own. The lanky furry hair, […]
Gaurs The Gentle Giants
Gaurs, (Bos Gaurus) is also known as Indian Bison. Found across western ghats and forests of central India, it is the largest bovine in world. With height at shoulder upto 7 feet and weighing upto 1500kgs they are largest cattle in world. They are so huge that striped cats of India are scared to hunt […]