Energy Efficiency & move towards clean and green Power
Leaders are visionaries. They show us their vision and lead us towards the Promised Land. Or atleast, they used to lead us till leadership became the domain of dynasties. In India, the former Prime Minister, Shri Atal [...]
I was increasingly getting jittery as my railway ticket was not yet confirmed. I was checking it online everyfew minutes. Finally, my ordeal was over at 8.15 pm barely three hours to go before the schedule departure time of the train.
To make the matters worse, I was thinking that the ticket wont get confirmed, so [...]
Sariska
It was our first trip to Sariska. I was getting impatient. The speedometer indicated it would not be safe to drive faster, given the numerous villages and the speedbrakers on the road. We started late in the morning due to heavy fog. And now I was getting worried because I thought I [...]
It was a winter morning, and I decided to have my morning cup of tea in the sun. Suddenly I noticed a bird in the swampy land adjoining my house. Minutes later, with my spectacles on I was delighted to have seen a Purple Moore Hen. Needless to say that the tea went cold [...]
Tourism: Boon or Bane
Wildlife tourism is viewed as a mode of protecting our wildplaces. The monetary benefits accruing out of wildlife tourism is used to justify spending on creation and maintenance of wildlife sanctuaries and National Parks by the Government in various developing countries. The argument is that wildlife tourism is a non-consumptive [...]
Environmental Impact of Night Race in Formula 1
I am a big fan of Formula 1. Every day, I search all the websites reporting Formula 1 info. The disappearance of Narain Karthikeyan from the starting grid in 2006, made me sad, but didn’t diminish my enthusiasm for Formula 1. It never will, as Formula 1 is [...]
Right of Way
Roads have been the bane of most of our wild areas. Some of the pristine wildlife habitats have been dissected by roads. In the early part of the 21st Century, the motorable roads were much less. The dirt roads were not much of a menace, as less population and a low [...]
I was trekking on the outskirts of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in July 2008 and came across elephant dung about few hundred meters from the Segur road, a prime elephant migratory corridor. The elephant dung contained polythene bags. The elephant had eaten the polythene bag along with some other garbage and the polythene had come [...]
Sunabeda Diary: Tales from a Tiger Census
January 2006
I woke up abruptly, on the incessant barking of the dogs. I fumbled across the bed for my watch; it was five in the morning and about an hour before dawn. The dogs were persistent in their barking. It was not the [...]
Pollution due to Immersion of Idols in rivers and lakes
The festival season is upon us. Millions of Indians, from all walks of life, participate in these festivals. In Bengal and Orissa, Durga Puja is celebrated in a grand scale. Similarly, anyone who has visited Bombay, Pune or any part of Maharashtra, would know how grand [...]
