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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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Jun 17, 2022
The Tale in between
Its an oft repeated cliché that every moment in the wild is a fight for survival. A see saw battle between the hunter and the hunted and...
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Jan 16, 2022
In search of the Himalyan Brown Bear
“ So, do you live here or are you visiting ? “ “ I have come for a visit.” “ Where are you going ? “ “ Drass…Kargil.” A short silence...
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Jan 1, 2022
Top 10 images from 2021
Which of my photographs is my favorite ? The one I am going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham In spite of everything that was...
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Sep 11, 2021
The Leopards’ Tale
Totally out of the blue, breaking the stillness that surrounded us, a party of peahens took off from near the crest of the hills in...
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Jul 2, 2021
The Other Panda
Kung Fu Panda, the movie, was a runaway success. As a series, the movie grossed over $1.8 Billion and is the tenth highest grossing...
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May 16, 2021
The ethereal beauty of Singalila
“ You know, this is the first time that soon after a trip, you have not yet shared any wildlife pictures”, a friend observed. It was...
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Mar 9, 2021
The abundance of Bharatpur
4273. The agitated, noisy flutter of a dozen wings taking off in alarm broke the stillness of the cold, foggy morning. I was walking down...
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Feb 10, 2021
The striped delights of Kanha
It was quiet. Even the usual forest sounds seemed muted, as if a little wary. We peered into the forest. Alert. Tense. There was a little...
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Jan 31, 2021
The magic of Kanha
4:30 am : The alarm goes off and we reluctantly struggle out of the warmth of our thick blankets. 5.:15 am : We assemble for a hot bowl...
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Mar 20, 2020
The Top 10 from 2019
Goa. Allahabad for the Kumbh Mela. Jhalana at Jaipur. Bhadra in Karnataka. Bandhavgarh in MP. Pantanal in Brazil. Masai Mara. 2019...
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Mar 8, 2020
The Eloquence of Light
The eloquence of light Straight off…the heading for this post is not an original one. A few days back, while randomly surfing, I saw an...
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Feb 13, 2020
Tales from the Mara III – The fascination of a hunt
She crouched. Low. Body tense. Poised for motion. Eyes locked in on a single Thomson’s gazelle calf that was grazing a short distance...
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Jan 19, 2020
Tales from the Mara II – Siligi, Supermom
Siligi. It meant, ‘ The Dependable’. A better name couldn’t be there for a cheetah mom with six cubs. Siligi had started of with seven...
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Jan 5, 2020
Tales from the Mara I – The lil’ brave cub
When we first saw them, they were two tiny dots, one much smaller than the other, in a sea of a lovely shade of light green. The Mara had...
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Dec 8, 2019
The Top 10 from Brazil
I always thought that making lists is a little boring. Also, a bit presumptuous. That its too early for me to start making such lists of...
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Dec 1, 2019
Tales from Brazil V – Winding up at Southwild
Southwild Pantanal Lodge. Our last stop. It is located a little off the Transpantaneira, on the banks of the Pixaim River was in many...
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Oct 27, 2019
Tales from Brazil IV : Oh the wonderful things you can see on Mulberry Street ! ( with apologies to
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. I could feel a tiny rivulet of sweat start its journey from the back of my neck, rapidly accelerating...
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Oct 6, 2019
Tales from Brazil III – ’tis rainin’ jaguars !!!
“ We got a sighting.” The handset crackles, voices exchange messages and those are the magic words from Fabiano, uttered unbelievably...
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Sep 29, 2019
Tales from Brazil II – on the Transpantaneira
Transpantaneira. The highway to nowhere. For some reason, the story of this highway has always fascinated me. Somewhere in the early...
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Sep 7, 2019
Tales from Brazil – Birding at Trilha dos Tucanos
‘ So, where is your next trip ?” “ Brazil.” “ Oh wow !! The Amazon ?” “ No, to the Pantanal.” “ Huh ? The Pantanal ? What is that ? “ A...
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