The Kabini Protection Racket!
Red Pierrot, Kabini We’ve all grown up on stories of the Mafia and how most businessmen need to shell out ‘Protection Money’ to carry on...
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Aug 6, 2014
The Ultimate Stick Trick!
Stick Insect, Coorg When you think of flying sticks and tricks, you tend to think of Bruce Lee and his famous split-stick, the Nunchaku,...
Oct 4, 2013
The Tiger that Plays Possum!
Plain Tiger Butterfly, Kabini While visitors to the forests of Kabini are always advised to keep an eye out for a tiger lurking in the...
Jul 31, 2013
Horn OK Please!
Rhinoceros Beetle, Kabini For those of us brought up on a literary repast of captions adorning signboards and those quirky lines on the...
Sep 26, 2012
A Rose by any other name…
Crimson Rose, Kabini For centuries, a rose has not just been a flower, but also a gallant substitute for words: the term sub-rosa...
May 23, 2012
The Painted Lady of Kabini
Common Jezebel, Kabini - If you’ve ever stopped to smell the flowers in Kabini, chances are that you’d have made the acquaintance of a...
Feb 22, 2012
A Mason’s Lodge in Kabini
Potter Wasp, Kabini - The cult of the Freemasons and the rituals of the Masonic lodges may remain an eternal mystery to those of us...
Jan 11, 2012
The Bearded Bandit of Coorg!
Robber Fly, Coorg - Being mugged is every traveller’s nightmare. Being mugged and then consumed as the main course in a mugger’s banquet,...
Jun 15, 2011
The Exiled Prince
Cicada, Kabini - History is replete with tales of legendary heroes going into exile, and returning after conquering the odds, to reclaim...
Mar 23, 2011
The Copycat of Coorg!
Common Mormon Caterpillar, Coorg It’s said that if you wish to attain any degree of proficiency in a field, you should begin early....
Jan 12, 2011
A Lion in Fly’s Clothing
Antlion, Coorg - Did this miniature model of entomological royalty get its name because it’s the king of animals in its weight group? Or...
Nov 3, 2010
The Death of a Queen
Jumping Ants, Coorg - The Queen is dead; long live the Queen! This could well be the leitmotif of a parallel universe that exists in the...
May 19, 2010
The farmer who bites his cattle
Honey ant and aphids, Kabini - The pastoral society of Kabini is the stage where an intrepid breed of farmers herds their cattle right...
Apr 21, 2010
Can you spot the beach in the picture?
Baronet Butterfly, Coorg - Forget Cannes, Ibiza, Jamaica, Rio and other playgrounds of the sun worshipping jet set. Some of the world’s...
Mar 24, 2010
Once Upon a Bug…
Jewel Bug, Coorg - Long, long ago, in the days before PCs and video games, when TVs were tourist attractions at the homes of the...
Feb 10, 2010
Some Damsels are Gentlemen
Damselfly, Coorg - A Damsel is not always a lady. For, even the males of this species are called Damselflies, though they don’t seem to...
Sep 30, 2009
Workaholics Anonymous
Worker Bee, Coorg All work and no play makes Jill a good bee. And a ‘live’ bee. For it’s not unknown for the hive bosses, to knock off...
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