Ladakh, the Indian trans-Himalaya, is one of the last bastions of Tibetan Buddhism in the 21st century. With its richness of history,...

Singalila National Park and Nepal forests – the area explored for Red Pandas With an estimated global population of less than 4000...

Ranthambore, the Indian tiger capital, the focus of tiger enthusiasts and conservationists world over, needs no introduction. In the last...

I must say I was quite content with my life in 2016. I had been working as a naturalist, immersing myself in the habitats of Central...

India’s 42nd and newest Ramsar Site declared on Dec 24th, 2020 We were standing at an elevated spot, a few hundred metres from the...

Satpura Tiger Reserve, home to an impressive array of fauna and flora is a retreat into a massive 1500sq km of mixed deciduous forests...

The world of owls has always fascinated me. Their ability to thrive in multiple habitats from rainforests to the high Himalaya to the...

The year was 2012. David Raju and I were naturalist guides working at Forsyth Lodge in Satpura Tiger Reserve. In those days, Satpura was...

It was the month of August, 2012 when I first opened the book on Indian Mammals by Vivek Menon. This was the time when I entered the...

It was the peak of the monsoons in Central India. The rains were relentless. Seasonal streams were overflowing their banks and the paths...

Discovering a unique corner of India’s Arabian Coastline It had been two months in the high Himalaya dealing with icy winds, layers of...

The year was 2011. I had just started my new life as a lodge naturalist (an intern then) at a property in Satpura, an eco-tourism...