Feeling hot, hot, hot! A refrain that naturally, reverberates around in your head if you are visiting Chhattisgarhs beautiful Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary at the height of a genuinely-Indian summer. Unfortunately, for a wildlife-lover, the soaring temperature was like a drug-addicts dream-come-true! For then is when one gets to see what one is seeking, as Kalyan Patra realised, even as he had to take his big-cat-naps sweating! »»
A rare employee might find it fit to complain but working in these surroundings is something Aparajita Mukherjee and Kalyan Patra would give at least one arm and a leg (each) to be able to do. On a visit to NHPCs Chamera Power Plants, centered around Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, they discovered Dalhousie and Bharmour and a lot in between. »»
Having visited the Cauvery River for angling ourselves, it seemed like a conflict of interest to eulogise the birds there! They are competition after allthey are after the same fish! A case of I have seen the enemy and they arebirds! They do not even release the fish after they catch themcan you believe their nerve? Deepankar Aron however, is an avid bird-lover and we do not customarily refuse such narrations! »»
If you envy those who can fly around, take a look at those who need to crawl around, against all odds, before they can take to the air. Hemant Kataria chronicles the travails of an Emigrant. »»
The colourful Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philip-pinus) is a near-passerine bird and belongs to the Bee-eater family Meropidae. These bee-eaters are gregarious, nesting colonially in sandy banks or open flat areas. »»
Not many people realise how many lifeforms a desert can support. Fewer still could hope to see the number of types of bats that K R Senacha found in a variety of locations in the Thar Desert. Then again, he had gone looking for themthese were not the types to come running to him if he pointed a spotlight at some clouds! »»
When your desires peak for birds, a stunning view of the Himalayas might rate just a passing mention. In all fairness, Sheila Chhabra is a dedicated birder and she and her friends got to see more birds than they had hoped to. It is only natural that her memories of Mukteswar centre around them. »»
