Manas National Park

  Life inside the forest is very vibrant and dynamic. It is also unpredictable, as nobody knows what would happen next.  To adapt to such a situation requires a lot of patience, learning, and love for wildlife and nature. The appropriate logistics and capacity to cope with an emergency are also necessary. The forest guards or forest rangers are the frontline worker to protect our threatened biodiversity. They are doing their duty day and night far from the homely comfort zone of other sections of society. However, a majority of ground forest staff live in an unsuitable situation. They do not have the proper capacity to deal with emergency and appropriate field logistics. They might continue in such a situation because of the love and compassion they have for nature and wildlife. Wildlife conservation requires a lot of attention and investment for better protection to support wildlife. Irregular and illegal destruction of pristine wildlife habitat has threatened all wildlife at...

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning and pursuit of learning is the beauty of life. If someone ceases learning he seems to be equal to death.  Life is precious so every moment should be enjoyed with leaning new thoughts and knowledge.  According to Earl Nightingale , "Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether its at work or with your family. every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Life in the conservation field is not monotonous . Once I was in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam to assess field situations day tonight. During the course of my work, I interviewed a few forest guards who are well-educated and spent inside the forest camps to protect Greater one-horned rhinoceros and other wildlife. Then one forest guards replied that they never felt bore...

Life of  forest is very simple. Everything inside the jungle is dependent upon nature. Forest camps rely on the jungle for their livelihood where even the nearest bazaar is more than 20 km away. Here is a forest camp's kitchen where a forest guard is cooking his humble meal.