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My Blog has been nominated for the Best Indian Travel blog and Best Photoblog (thought I’ve hardly been posting any new photographs) over at Indibloggies. So if you have some spare time, head over to Indibloggies and Vote.

May you soul rest in peace. You did not deserve it and you will never be forgotten.

I spent the last 2 days at Honnemarudu, a large water resevoir on Linganmakki back waters close to Sagar, shimoga. The highlight of the trip was this : We reached there pretty late and somewhere at 8pm, we decided to camp in one of the uninhabited islands. We threw our bags onto a boat and half way through the ride, we decided to jump in the water. The water was warm, there was not a single source of light in sight and the moon had not come in yet. So one could see every star in the sky including the…

Google video just launced a recommendations feature that suggests videos based on your search history, ratings and viewing patterns. Top on the list for me was this video of Canon Shutter sounds ranging from Canon 1DS MARK II to the 350D. If you are a camera gear junkie like me, then you will enjoy this video.

So far, part of the money that was raised by the calendars has gone for the following causes. The Soligas call the Black eagle ‘The darkness of the Shola” Black eagle study – The black eagle is a very rare, less studied bird of prey. In BR hills, we found a pair nesting very close to human settlement. The nest was getting disturbed regularly and this was also an amazing opportunity to study the nesting cycle of this amazing bird of prey. So with the money pool, I was able to hire two young naturalists from the Soliga tribe to…

The event was excellent. Some of the worlds best wildlife editors/directors/script-writers were there. The first highlight was Mike Salisbury. He is the guy who produced all the ‘Life’ series of David Attenborough and if David Attenborough was the face on the camera, he was the guy who was behind the camera all along. He agreed to get some stuff signed by David and mail it back to me when he gets back. He was so wonderful, I really wish he was my own grandfather. Meeting Jane Goodall was something else. Her talk was so powerful, almost everyone in the audience…

Sorry about no updates lately. I’ve been on the road mostly. The Scorpio is less than 20 days old and I have already done close to 3000 KM on it. It has started to make some funny noises here and there too. I’m off to Delhi later today to spend time at Wildcreen India. Finally I’m getting to meet the legendary Jane Goodall and Mike Salisbury at the event. Anyone else coming for this event there ?

After wanting it for more than a year, it was finally time to do the jump for the new Mahindra Scorpio. Too bad the new Scorpio does not come in green, so I went for the next best color – Ivory Grey. I just don’t have budget right now to paint it all green. The vehicle comes with 4-wheel drive, which is perfect for all my wildlife needs. The color is quite decent for forest use anyway. The CRDe engine is very quiet and Mahindra finally fixed the suspension issues that the original Scorpios had. There is enough place at…

She took me, others and a lot of gear to some of the highest peaks in south India, rubbed shoulders with many wild elephants and came head to head with wild tigers. After serving me for 5 years, its finally time for her to retire. Lot of other things will be new for me this year. A new job and a new project, a new vehicle and lot more new things. One of the new year resolutions is to keep this blog more active this year.

It’s the worst thing that US has done since the post-911 attacks. Not just the execution, but the fact that the actual execution was filmed and telecasted all around the world. The scene somehow was much more gruesome than all those al-qaeda be-heading videos. I just saw the video of the execution and can’t help but think that George Bush deserves that more than Saddam. George Bush killed more people than saddam indirectly and has put the whole world in an unstable future. Muslim countries will unite even more to fight against the US now and if I was living…