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Haryana ex-DGP S P S Rathore Convicted

It took the legal system 19 years and 400 hearings to convict and sentence the former DGP to 6 months imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1000 for molesting a teen……..who was driven to commit suicide  S S Rathore, (who retired Read more ›

Flamingoes in Mumbai – December 2009

After the monsoons, Flamingoes – the lesser and the greater ones – and a lot of other migratory birds come to the coastal mudflats of India from the North.They feed on the mudflats during the next five or six months Read more ›

Indian Cheetah

Reintroduction in India The  Cheetah is the fastest land animal on earth. The word “cheetah” is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘chitraka’, meaning “speckled”. Asiatic Cheetah Once upon a time, the Asiatic Cheetah (a different sub specie from its African Read more ›

Travel India Kaziranga National Park

Home of the Indian, or Great One horned, Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) It was midsummer time. The grass was sparse. We were travelling in a jeep because all the elephants were already booked. We sighted the first Rhinoceros. It was a Read more ›