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    The Adorable Giant Pandas

    By Anshu / April 30, 2019

    Ever since I got to know that I would be spending a few days in Macau this summer, I began reading all I could from the internet. And I got really excited at the prospect of finally…

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    On the tiger trail in Tadoba

    By Anshu / January 8, 2019

    Tadoba is Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park. I had lived on the edge of the Tadoba forest for over six years of my life. The magazine area of the ordnance factory campus where we lived, was…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature

    The Rhinos of Kaziranga

    By Anshu / December 11, 2018

    Reminded of Ogden Nash’s poem, The Rhinoceros: The Rhino is a homely beast,For human eyes he’s not a feast,But you and I will never knowWhy Nature chose to make him so.Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,I’ll stare at…

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    The Langurs of Sevagram

    By Anshu / May 30, 2018

    Sevagram is synonymous with Mahatma Gandhi. He spent a large part of his life here during India’s freedom struggle. And one of his prized possessions was a tiny figurine of three wise monkeys who embodied the principles…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature

    Rikki Tikki Tavi in my garden!

    By Anshu / May 15, 2018

    Hey I spotted Kipling’s Rikki Tikki Tavi with his entire family in my garden! I didn’t know that this mongoose family (mongooses? mongeese?!) likes taking a morning walk on the boundary wall! But what a gorgeous fur coat the…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature

    A viper in my garden!

    By Anshu / November 20, 2017

    Ah! The daily excitement of living in a place like Sevagram! A Russell’s viper appears in our garden. Thanks to ‘Sarpamitra’ Jeetendra for catching it and releasing it into the wild. Russell’s vipers are one of the most venomous species of…

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  • Animals,  Fauna,  Nature,  Travelogues

    Walk through the woods: Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary

    By Anshu / November 16, 2017

    It was a misty morning when we started for Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary. It was strange to walk with an armed forest guard for company. We had hoped that by the time we started walking through the woods,…

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