It is anyway surreal to witness the phenomenal magnetism of a wild tiger roaming with absolute authority and freedom in its world, which it knows more intimately than one can imagine, down to the location of each bend, and position of each stone around. But there’s something even more magical when a tiger moves…
Month: July 2012
Enter the Goddess
The Banbehi female, after descending a hill and crossing the road, walking as though on a mission without once pausing. Our conjecture was that she was out to fetch some breakfast for her tiny tots. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see them, but when she first appeared on the hill in the bushes, betraying her…
Veteran Warrior
Despite this being my third trip to Bandhavgarh and having spent nearly 30 rides, I was yet to see B2, whose glimpse I had craved for, for the best part of a two years even before I began visiting Bandhavgarh. My disappointment was not slight when even this trip seemed to be not…
Sashaying to Immortality
With her sinuous gait, she will sashay down the ramp and ease herself into your heart’s precincts. You pinch your skin and rub your eyes in disbelief, for this is too wonderful to be true. But she is real, like the moon, beautiful, large and glowing. You try to explain her away as a…
/Home\
A female cub from the late Aunt Jujju’s first litter, photographed sleeping at Rajbehra on my first ever safari in Bandhavgarh. In those days the unsightly eyesore of the watch tower was not in existence and the water surface that season was flush with the top of the dam wall, making the already pretty…
Once upon a time in Tigland…
The parched meadow blossomed in her exalted presence. The dark alley, lit up by her glow, becalmed the raging waters that stopped by to watch and admire. Vapid stones came to life and becoming gossamer as feathers, rose to adorn the environs in a million colours and danced agog in delight. Placid hearts, stirred…
TIGGA TALES 