A few photos of red-rumped swallows. Had again driven to my favourite jungle resort near Masinagudi, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu. This place is in Sigur Plateau which is contiguous to Mudumalai and Bandipur National Parks, and an important wildlife corridor between Western and Eastern Ghats. Sigur plays a critical role in the migration and [...]
The rare pale tiger generated a lot of buzz in Indian media. The first journalist to connect with me was one based out of Ooty, Nilgiris. After that, there was a spate of articles in domestic media, print and online. Times of India, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Deccan Herald, Bangalore Mirror, Bombay Times, Malayala Manorama [...]
Happy to share that the pale tiger was featured in leading international media such as The Guardian, Fox News, The Independent (Indy100), Russia Today, CNN Español, New York Post etc. Was joking with friends that Fox News balances The Guardian, and CNN balances Russia Today. This tiger has been successful in crossing political and geographical [...]
After discovering and photographing the rare pale tiger from Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, I had sent RAW and JPEG images to Sanctuary Asia and Belinda Wright, tiger conservationist and Emmy Award winning wildlife filmmaker who worked with National Geographic for many years. Belinda said that this was the palest wild tiger she had seen in India, [...]
I had a very rare sighting of a special tiger - it looked like a white tiger (!) in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. I had gone out for a drive with a forest guide on a wet and cold afternoon. Then the rain stopped for a few minutes, and it looked as if the sun was [...]