Adventure
Rambles in India Jungles – II -- by Prosenjit Dasgupta
.....The first time I visited Similipal National Park in Odisha, was in January 1975. I had heard about its great sal forests and wildlife in my childhood from my maternal grandfather who had stayed the area in 1940s
on official work. January nights were cold, a chilling cold that seemed to drill through flesh and bone and closeness to a fire-place or heavy clothing had hardly any effect. ....
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Burning Issues
Over 50% Indians concerned the next pandemic could come from farm animals
-Sahil Sharma , World Animal Protection
.....................Key findings of the global poll conducted by World Animal Protection with consumers in 15 countries:
•83% are concerned about the possibility of a pandemic originating from farm animals
•88% are concerned about superbugs coming from farm animals
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Citizen Science
Wings make room for muscle
The worker ant is the weightlifting champ of the natural world
S.Ananthanarayanan
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Green Jobs
Stripes Unleashed
-Prashant Mahajan
......I was very excited that I will be working inside the core zone of the tiger reserve and more than that I was hoping that finally I will be able to see the tigers. Before this field, I had been to tiger reserves three
times, first in 2014 when I was in my Bachelor’s at DU, we went to the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, which was my first ever experience into the amazing wilderness of India........
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Poem
Scaly breasted Munias
-Kanan Bishnoi
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