http://www.indiawilds.com/diary Tales from India's Wilds.. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:56:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bandhavgarh Diary 2008 Lot of people have written to me asking about my Bandhavgarh trips and how a Day in the Life of a Photographer like me looks like. So I thought of publishing the day to day notes that I write down along with a few images. ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/bandhavgarh-diary-2008 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 Bihari Vajpaee was initially ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/energy-efficiency-green-power 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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/save-telineelapuram-from-east-coast-energy-thermal-power-project 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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/sariska 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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/birds-in-our-backyard Tigers in the dark   It’s been three long years, since I had this amazing experience. It was the summer of 2005. Surjit called me to ask if I would be able to join him on a trip to Malani in Corbett National Park. I had not been to this part ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/tigers-in-the-dark  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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/wildlife-tourism-boon-or-bane  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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/environmental-impact-of-night-race-in-formula-1 Segur Road Couple of years back, I was in Masinagudi for the first time. I was driving on the segur road. Dusk was fast approaching and I was looking for a cup of hot tea to beat the December cold. I saw a board on the right and it appeared to ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/segur-road    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 ... http://www.indiawilds.com/diary/right-of-way