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The last few weeks have been very hectic, this Banker for 9 years has turned into a wandering nomad. The head has finally given up & i am doing what my heart lies into. Travelling since 29th January, I have so far covered four most beautiful Tiger Reserves across North & West India....

The land of Bagheera, Sher Khan, Baloo, Ka,Aakdu, Pakdu and Mowgli the ‘man cub’- Pench surely did provide a perfect backdrop to British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling to create his collection of short stories- ‘The Jungle Book’. Located in Seoni & Chhindwara districts of Madhya, Pench is spread over 75...

Another successful trip to Ranthambhore, my second home. Morning started with Sighting of T39, one of the most beautiful tigress in Ranthambhore. She is very much identical to T17 in terms of stripe pattern, minus T17’s collar & it would be difficult to distinguish between both of them if placed together at the same time...

Second trip to Jim Corbett National Park in past two months. Heavy fog welcomed us as we entered UP. Lack of street lights, poor visibility & buffalo carts without reflectors were surely making this drive interesting, finally nature had it’s way & technology gave up. Parked the car outside road side Dhaba & slept for good...

Another field trip to Ranthambhore, though this one was pretty short as compared to my all previous trips. Reached Sawai Madhopur Station at 3.20 am & the day started with a quick trip till the park gate enroute our hotel with a hope of seeing leopard sitting on the wall. Having seen them sleeping on the forest wall on two previ...

Tiger is one of the most admired & sought after animal in world presently. The name portrays a picture of fierce yet gentle animal, having yellow fur coat with black lines all across the body. The color of fur coat keeps of changing with change in seasons & works as a natural camouflage as well which helps this elusive cat in bl...

Article on how funds meant for staff welfare at Ranthambhore have been siphoned off by some biggies in the department, published recently in newspaper:...

The wait is finally getting over, Ranthambhore National park would reopen for visitors & wildlife enthusiasts from Oct 1 2011. Rain gods have been kind this year & all the major lakes and water bodies are completely full, something to cheer about as this would ensure round the year supply of water to it’s occupants. Shari...

My first visit to TAR actually TATR( Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve).A beautiful tiger reserve situated in Chandrapur District of Maharastra. It is 142 km from Nagpur(roughly 4 hours drive), 445 km from Hyderabad & approximately 45 km from Chandrapur, district HQ and the nearest Railway Station.It was declared a National Park in 1...

Had written this blog sometime in April, raising concern over increase in number of tiger deaths over 2010, the number has further increased to 28 with Uttarakhand loosing another 5 big cats…. am surprised to note that death of T2, male tiger from Ranthambhore who died on 21.05.11 is still not updated in the records of for...