THE WEATHER

IT WAS THE FAG END OF SUMMER IN THE HEARTLAND OF INDIA.......THE SUN BEAT DOWN MERCILESSLY AND ANYTHING EXPOSED TO THE SUNLIGHT WOULD WITHER AND WILT IN NO TIME....INCLUDING OUR SKIN.......THE TEMPEARTURE IN CHANDRAPUR WAS ABOUT 46- 47 0C.
IT WAS SO HOT ........THE FEELING AFTER MEALS WAS THAT THE FOOD WAS ROASTING IN OUR BELLIES.......
THE EVENINGS WERE NO DIFFERENT........STRONG HOT WINDS WOULD BLOW EVERY EVENING AND ANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE EVENINGS BEING PLEASANT WERE DISPELLED ON THE FIRST DAY ITSELF....................
THE ONLY SAVING GRACE WAS THE COOLER IN ANUP'S HOUSE..................
WELL BY NOW YOU MUST BE WONDERING WHY IN THE BLOODY HELL DID WE GO THERE IN THIS SEASON.....................
WELL APPERANTLY THIS IS THE BEST SEASON FOR SIGHTING THE ANIMALS.........
LIKE US THEY ALSO NEED WATER FREQUENTLY AND SINCE WATER IS SCARCE IN THE JUNGE THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE WATERING HOLES..............
WHERE WE WOULD BE WAITING.....................TO SATISFY OUR VOUYERISTIC ASPIRATIONS................THE PLAN SEEMED FOOLPROOF...................

GETTING ROASTED IN VIDHARBA

WELL WE ALL HAD THIS DREAM OF GOING ON A WILDLIFE SAFARI AND PARTICIPATING IN A TIGER CENSUS..........AND WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT A REALITY SINCE LONG.......
THIS YEAR TOO AS USUAL WE JUST MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR JOINING THE TIGER CENSUS. BUT THEN WE DECIDED THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ....WE COULDNOT WAIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.....SO WE SET OFF........
THE ITERNARY....
MUMBAI TO NAGPUR.......
NAGPUR TO CHANDRAPUR.........
CHANDRAPUR TO KODASA & TADOBA.............
AND ON THE FRINGES.....HEMALKASA, ANANDVAN, BHAMBRAGAD, BHADRAWATI.......