It was a strange experience sitting on the back of the mighty pachyderm. Like Damocles sword the bamboo clumps come right at you as the animal brushes past the bamboos at Kanha National Park. This was my first ride on elephant back way back in the seventies.  Incidentally this was my first visit...

Recently I was engaged in an amateurish debate with a friend of past as to why I am interested so much in ecotourism? More so my fascination with tigers and other wild animals and birds. He found it difficult to fathom my interested since it was not a money earning activity for me. 

At times I did...

Some times I think of myself as lucky to be initiated to India's amazing wilderness and its inhabitants so early in life. But when I sit down and ponder, I regret that I have not been able to turn it into a swashbuckling career as many naturalist have done in this country.

Before you start thinging...