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  • When you least expect it

    As the sun started setting, deer alarm calls got louder. We traced the source of the alarm calls and landed at a waterhole. We waited patiently hoping a big cat would appear and quench its thirst and satiate our hunger to see one. A minute or two later, Uncle Promodh whispered loudly…tiger tiger! Our driver/guide…

  • Hunter vs Scavenger 

    The late tiger popularly known as Prince had made the Mulapura waterhole a favourite cooling off destination. Hoping to catch a glimpse of him, our safari jeep and it’s occupants decided to wait there. Across the waterhole at a distance, I spotted a crested serpent eagle perched on a bamboo branch. Because it was not…

  • All roads led to Arrowhead

    Around the same time last year, I was in Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, as part of my backpacking trip which included Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and Jaipur. It also happened to be my second visit to this picturesque tiger reserve. Few drives into various zones in Ranthambhore had not yielded any big cat sighting yet. Knowing that we…

  • Barsaati nullah di Kudi

    A week in Corbett hadn’t borne any fruit (read tiger sightings). The highlight of the trip so far had been a wonderful sighting of the very rare Leopard Cat, Common Green Magpie and a Collared Falconet! All three of course in the Dhikala region. Sightings in Bijrani had been poor and the jungle trips were…

  • Ghosts of the Blue Hills

    On a cold Christmas evening, a bunch of friends and I were driving on a narrow road towards Avalanche Lake, a destination near Ooty. As we turned a corner, I caught sight of multiple black figures sitting on a tree beside the road. Nilgiri Langur! The vehicle came to a screeching halt and I whipped…

  • Photography….my elixir of life 

    It was World Photography Day yesterday the 19th of August 2017. Memories of my early days came flashing back as I sat by a window and looked at the blue hills slowly being covered by mist. All I was thinking was shooting a time lapse 🙂 It all started many years ago with a Hitachi…

  • An ode to Elephants

    Living in the jungle comes with its own perks. One wakes up to the chirping birds, different ones in different seasons while some days one goes to sleep hearing the tiger roar somewhere. Some afternoons langurs go ballistic with their alarm calls and deer sipping water at the water hole break into a run. Amongst…

  • Tiger! Tiger!

    Tiger! Tiger!

    Three road-blocks, a few sambar deer alarm calls, loud tiger roars and the nervous impatience! It was half past five and we were driving towards a dam in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. A solitary barking deer and then a herd of chital (spotted deer) flanked the road and were grazing peacefully. Few moments later a sambar’s…

  • Tale of two Tigers

    Tale of two Tigers

    Tiger! Tiger! Left…left! I was rudely awoken from my power nap. I’d like to call it head banging (there is limitation of comfort in sleeping during a safari). I turned to my left looking for the tiger, no sign of it. I turned for confirmation- Indu Mami and Amma pointed in the direction of the…

  • Sattal & Pangot | Birding Havens – I

    Sattal & Pangot | Birding Havens – I

    Sattal and its surrounding areas have always fascinated me. Since my first visit to the hill station way back in October 2010 and again in 2013, it has been in my thoughts time and again. Last year March, I visited this place again with friends Mahesh and Sridhar who made their maiden trip to this…

  • The queen of Bijrani

    A little over a year ago, I visited the Bijrani side of Corbett Tiger Reserve. The forest rest house, small canteen, ever smiling staff especially Manish, the quiet but starlit nights and an occasional jackal doing the rounds with the hope of getting tit bits of food post closure of the canteen… vivid memories from there.…

  • Prince of hearts…king of the Jungle

    A kingdom may last for ever, but a king’s reign always comes to an end. With the passing away of Prince, a new king will take over the kingdom he possessed for years in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Known for his large territory within Bandipur, he would freely roam the jungles with nonchalance. There have…