Lucky me I got hooked with nature and wildlife at a very young age around 2005. I travelled a lot, met many people, visited libraries, attended events and volunteered every where but I was not convinced to accept that wildlife is my thing. So I decided to meet few wildlife experts to get the … Continue reading How to find your passion once again.
Leaf litter and undergrowth in a forest plays a very important role for a lot of wonderful creatures and yup paying attention when you are walking is very important. I would love to share this incidence of mine. A friend of mine had a pet cat at his place for a very long time and … Continue reading Under the Leaf Litter
Journey of 13 years  !! 🙂 Its almost 13 years now that I became started volunteering for hard core wildlife conservation activities. Have come a very long way since 2006 lot of learning, visited more than 30+ wildlife protected areas across Indian Subcontinent with great memories and met a lot of wonderful people. The first … Continue reading
Exploring the forest in the day time without any gear and safety itself is challenging, exploring in the night is a bit risky and dangerous too. I had walked in the forest during night time in the past but this time it was a different experience. It was a challenge for my body and also … Continue reading Exploring forest in the night!
This picture is really special for me. I feel any wildlifer who has little bit of experience in the wild should definitely go to a school an share the knowledge they have to those curious kids, the joy of teaching them and walking with them is a heavenly feeling. I'm sure you will be a … Continue reading Let’s go out and take some action!
Back than Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary was just 550+ Sq km and had faced lot of up's and down's. The presence of the famous smuggler and the most wanted criminal Veerappan along with other local poachers was the major threat until late 90’s. The forest resources was been smuggled and looted rampantly, there were more than … Continue reading Just give a try life will surprise you in a very big way.
Every memorable trip happens all of a sudden and this visit of ours to Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) happened the same way!!! I and a friend of mine (Amit Pandey) decided to leave to BNP at around 11:15pm the Saturday night. We just wore some warm clothes, took our bike out and just left from … Continue reading Plans made all of a sudden, will always be a memorable one.
This is the same place where Kenneth Anderson (The Second Jim Corbett and one of the famous hunter and a wildlife chronicler of South India of early 1900’s.) had been for his man eating tiger hunting expedition and lived there for a while. And I was in the same forests, obviously the biodiversity and the … Continue reading Mammal Census at Melagiris
I still remember those incidences when I never used to get selected to take part in any of the group games during annual sports day celebrations at my school, just because I was not physically fit to compete and had low self confidence. Even if I had got a chance to participate, I would have … Continue reading Marathon is not just about “RUNNING”
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