Nearly a quarter of a century back I had a dream of becoming a Mariner when I was an undergrad student doing my major in zoology. Two factors that were instrumental in leading me to that dream, one was my father who loved to swim in sea and collect shells and the second was my …
During my recent trip to Himachal Pradesh with a couple of friends, I managed to visit an offbeat area around Jalori pass. Two days were full of foggy forests, running streams, blooming wild flowers and whistling thrushes singing in background. One morning we decided to do a 6-8 km long trail towards Serolsar Lake. I never thought that …
I was in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, near Chandrapur, all of last week and went on 8 safaris in the park. It was much like an 8-course meal, with amazing encounters — which served as appetisers and dessert — that complemented the cliched main course: a tiger sighting. The only “flavour” I really missed though, …
I just returned from frozen lakes of Ladakh , I have been to Tso-moriri nearly 6 times in 5 years and every time it surprises or rather shocks me with its beauty and difference. This time my visit to lake is still haunting me, frozen slabs of ice, multiple geometric patterns on surface of frozen …
I wanted to visit Agumbe for so many years but the plan never materialized. This time it just happened over a long weekend. Me, Vidya Venkatesh and Bhavna Menon, drove from Mumbai to Sirsi, stayed at Greenworld farm , just 18 kms from Sirsi. This was started and run by Mumbai Couple, Aniruddha and …
Recently I visited Panna Tiger Reserve, in MP, to attend Capacity Building Workshop organized by Last Wilderness Foundation, Panna, in the central highlands of India is a pristine forest characterized by deep, rocky valleys and plateaus specked with Kardhai, Mahua and Tendu trees, through which the Ken River flows. Its beauty notwithstanding, it is ecologically …
