Manas National Park

Fringe veillgers colleted thatch from Manas to repair their house. 

 Clouded leopard inside Manas( A camera trap photograph ) 

Beautiful Kanchan Bari at Manas 

 Adult Male ( Kalij) Pheasant  Kalij Pheasant ( Lophura leucomelanos ) is beautiful land bird found in the deep jungle of Manas. This bird is commonly sighted in Bansbari-Mathanguri road, Doimari- Bansbari road, Uchila-Katajhar road, Gabharukhunda areas of Panbari range. Sighting is very common early in the morning and afternoon on the road. Sometime it would blocked  road for motor vehicle and patrolling guards.  A Male Pheasant  A Female Pheasant The habitat range of bird extends across the Himalayan foothills, Pakistan to western Thailand. Males are rather variable depending on subspecies characteristics but females are overall brownish. Both sexes have bare red faces with grayish legs. A Group of Pheasant  Kalij pheasant have good number of population in Manas. Hope this least concern beautiful bird will secure safe home in Manas.                Love Manas and Save Manas Fo...

A group of women workers busy plucking tea leaves  The Fatemabad Tea Estate is one of the oldest tea estates in Assam. It is situated at Bansbari range of Manas National Park. The Tea Estate was originally set up by the Britishers somewhere between late 19th century. The Tea Estate covers an area of  700 acres. And is a very suitable place for tea plantation with good quality and quantity produce. The ownership of the Tea Estate was transferred from British to the Nawab of Bengal in 1924. The factory was set up by the Nawab after he bought it from the British. He  named this Park as ‘Fatembad’ after the name of his only  lovable daughter ‘Fatema’. Now Fatemabad is one of the busiest and profit making tea estate in Assam. But this estate has  overcome many turmoil  in the last couples of decades. It was about to be  closed during the period of social unrest of ninety decades. During that period  condition of the garden grew worse. Tea cultiv...

A small hog  deer calf  looking us behind a bush

Beautiful Manas Landscape The Man and Biosphere conservation program was initiated by UNESCO in the year 1971. The objective of the program is to integrate humans and human use into the conservation process. Manas Tiger Reserve was identified as potential  Biosphere Reserve in the year 1979 by National Man and Biosphere Committee. It was declared as the 6 th Biosphere Reserve of India in the year  1989. It is the first Biosphere reserve declared in Assam. Second Biosphere Reserve in Assam is Dibru- Saikhowa National Park. The goal of Biosphere program was to conserve representative of natural ecosystems in all of the biogeographic region of the world.  Within any biosphere, there are 3 main zones:  1. The core areas that are fully protected from all human activities.  2. Buffer zones that usually surround the core areas and may include limited human use compatible with sound ecological practice. 3. Transition areas where a variety of human activi...

As a professional wildlife biologist, I need to spend most of my time inside the forest, away from my better half. I get to live in beautiful places where romantic couple wishes to spend their moments. Due to professional responsibilities,  it is not possible to bring my family with me and it hurt sometimes to be so alone in such beautiful places. I am a very family person but my passion for saving our wild has compelled me to remain away from you for longer periods. But my love, do not despair at all. Your support has given me strength to keep my passion alive. I carry you every minute in my heart. I carry our baby every second in my heart. You two are my inspiration and fuel to keep me going. Although I am far away, every time I think of you I catch my breath.  I wish " blow 'O' wind to where my loved one is....touch her and come touch me soon. I will feel her beauty in the moon ".  We both have sacrificed our togetherness for a greater cause and ...

A Royal Bengal Tiger  at Manas National Park I have not been a direct actor in Manas but have seen it from my own eyes. A beautiful national park nestled in enchanting surroundings.. a bungalow right in front of a river going to another country will mesemerise anybody. just wondering why has not a Bollywood film been shot here.  I am a journalist who covers wildlife and tea which is a wonderful concoction which helps me to connect to all kinds of people. Yes, the park passed through difficult times and it continues to do so. Every time I have to write a story on a rhino getting poached in Manas, I get agonized. Yes, the staff are working to their best in difficult circumstances and the management is giving all what they can do. And every time I hear of a new species being sighted in Manas like the Chital recently, I think the park is back on the right track. But I know there is a danger lurking somewhere which makes me nervous of another casua...

Palash ( Butea monosperma ) Spring season is finally here at Manas  . I love this season as it give me extra ordinary pleasure and a vivid feel deep inside my heart . The blossom of  flower, buzzing bees,butterflies, budding leaves, singing of brids and newly sprouted grasses  are some enchanting  spring events at Manas . I enjoyed the colours  and  frgannace of spring.   Bombax cieba (Simalo/cotton tree) and Butea monosperma ( Palash )  flowers sprinkle  reddish glaze in the sky.  I usualy prefer to  walk early in the morning at  Pulsiguri and Kahibari area to listen birds songs and the beauty of morning sky. This act seems to be  filled up my inner side of heart.  A wild orchid This is the season  when I need to spend lots of time at the upstairs of Kuribeel and Rupahi camps. Nuptial flight of  Bengal Florican is a common sight there which is an awasome act by  male florican ...

A mother rhino with her new born calf at Manas NP Manas… a name I relate to with passion. I had fallen in love with the Manas as soon as I had seen photos of my friends who had visited the Park when we were in college. My love for Manas was concreted as soon as I put my step in it. Working for WWF-India in my dream place was no less than a fairytale. The first day of work (for collecting data on indirect evidence of tigers and other animals) is still etched in my mind as if it were only yesterday. I saw a fresh pugmark of a male tiger on the sand for the first time and imagined the tiger walking majestically down the river bed minutes before our arrival! That was 6 years ago; however, nothing much has changed. I still get excited to work in Manas and see a pugmark or camera trap photo of a tiger. Kilometres of walks inside the forest were tiring, yet, were a source of immense joy and content. My friends (Binita, Sharavana, David) and I would compete to walk through the ta...