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They are descendent of an extra ordinary blood line; their family is known as saviour of Ranthambhore during crisis time & truly so. Their mother was an extra ordinary character, so is their maternal grand mother Machli II. They were literally born out of prayers, mother did everything possible to be blessed & give Ranthambhore

One big drama in tiger paradise, three protagonists of which two characters are same & history is repeated once again. Is this sheer coincidence, too similar to be believed it ain’t. Few years back her sister was sighted mating with T25 aka dollar, resident of Tamba Khan- Kachhida area.After two days of mating, she escaped and

Legendary tigress Machhli needs no introduction as she is synonymous to Ranthambhore in heart of every admirer of this quintessential wild scape.

T42 aka Fateh, the resident male of Qual Ji zone gets lucky again. Named after the legendary Tiger-man of India late Fateh Singh Rathore this tiger is notorious for his short temper & has been responsible for giving nightmares to few tourists in the past. In March 2013 he lost his long time companion T37 aka Meera suddenly. She

Ranthambhore Gen-next is ready. Ready to leave the identity of their erst while families & create one of their own. Thankfully forest department has also given them their own ‘T-XX’ identities & they would soon not be known as male/female cub of T-XX. They seem to be all over the place, perhaps some have already separated fr

Noor Jehan with cub: Image courtesy Abhinav Dhar Once again the proverb is proven correct. Couple of days back had come across a photograph taken by Abhinav Dhar in Ranthambhore almost 2

The obsession with tigers so to speak, not to photograph or document, but just to watch, feel and experience their might, stems from a video that was shown to me maybe 16-18 yrs ago at boarding school. Strangely the name Machli got stuck in my head.(It was a documentary on T-16’s mother Machli ). It seemed odd then to know wil

Legendary Tigress Machli I Have ruled this landscape for almost a decade & made this park and it’s people famous. I am one of the oldest surviving tiger in the wild & this is my story. While much has already been written, televised and spoken about me, this is me talking straight from heart. My name is Machli and I am here to

It is always sad when a tiger dies, with numbers dwindling by the day and poaching, human-animal conflict at an all time high, we can ill afford fatalities to the feline population. It is perhaps sadder when it is a tiger you have seen and come to really like. T37, the resident female of the Kuwalji area of the Ranthambore Natio

Saheb(T28) has always believed in free meals and preferred to snatch share in kill made by females in his territory. sort of protection tax. Incidentally all three females in his territory were blood relatives T16 aka Machli and her two daughters T19 and T17. Both the sisters were attracted to this lanky male therefore didn’t