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<p>Kaziranga holds a special place in my heart—it was here that my love affair with the SLR camera began. In 2008, I embarked on my first trip to Kaziranga with my eight-year-old daughter, Gayathri. It was also my first time &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2025/03/19/chasing-gold-a-photographic-quest-for-the-elusive-golden-tiger/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Leopards have always been an obsession for me, exuding a mystery that sets them apart from other big cats. My first encounter with a leopard was in 2009 during my trip to Kabani, which also marked my debut with a &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/chasing-shadows-my-journey-of-photographing-the-elusive-leopards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>I am primarily a Mammal photographer but as an exception love photographing the large and elegant Sarus cranes. Over the years I have photographed the Sarus cranes in various seasons and in various moods . There are many legends and myths &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2023/07/24/sarus-cranes-elegance-grace-and-intrigue-rolled-into-one/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>As wildlife photographers we sometimes desperately want to see and photograph some subjects or moments in the wild. But then these moments can be missed being captured due to various factors like luck or one’s own stupidity. Every click every &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/the-story-behind-the-rusty-spotting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>A decade back tiger sightings were so rare in Dikhala that one used to be happy just to have a glimpse. All this changed with the arrival of a tigress on the par side of the Dikhala range in 2014. &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2023/05/07/paro-the-story-of-the-lost-and-found-tigress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Just returned from a trip to Spain to see one of the rarest cats The Iberian Lynx. This cat had nearly disappeared from the face of earth. These cats are seen mainly in southern Spain. They have thrived and clawed &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2022/10/22/a-trip-to-the-iberian-peninsula-and-barcelona/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>It is been a decade since I left the corporate world to pursue my passion for travel and wildlife photography. The past decade went by in a flash and has been one rollercoaster of a ride. Looking back, nothing in &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2022/06/26/kesin-completes-a-decade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>This is the story of the tigress from across the river Ramganga in the Dikhala zone of the Corbett tiger reserve. A tigress who made sighting easy for tourists in Dikhala. She was a tourist&#8217;s delight and a Photographer’s darling. &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/parwalli-the-tigress-from-beyond/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>The title of a rollercoaster ride is not the ride in the jeep with Nasir but an emotional one that one goes through when on a safari in the jungle tracking tigers. All trips to Dikhala have wonderful memories attached &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/a-rollercoaster-ride/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>This story a lot of my friends would have heard from me and also they would have seen a couple of the photos. Decided to write it and also share the series of the photos to make it livelier After &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/wild-encounter-on-the-mountains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Have been going to the mountains to trek and photograph the Snow Leopards for the past 8 years. Have learnt a lot from the locals and my friends who are also my guides and trackers. I had to reinvent myself &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2020/02/09/8-years-of-seeing-the-snow-leopards-some-tips-for-the-first-timers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>The Red Panda is the state animal of Sikkim is found in the Singalila national park. We stayed at the Habre’s Nest. This resort is on the Nepal side of the park. In Nepali the Red Panda is called a &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/1143/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>The trip to see the red panda was amazing for two reasons one the eastern Himalayan forests and second the drive in the well preserved 1954 &amp; 1957 Land rovers series 1 models. At Manebhanjan the entry point to Singalila &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2018/10/05/a-series-1-land-rover-ride/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>I delivered my first talk as a wildlife photographer at the annual wildlife festival held by Nature in focus in Bangalore. The event was a big eye opener for a person like me who has always avoided stages. I would &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/hidden-fears-so-back-to-hiding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Six years back I decided that I wanted to do something different for the rest of my life, Since then have been  pursuing  my passion for travel and wildlife photography.I am associated with  Saucam Foundation a NGO working for rural &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/6th-year-of-travel-and-photography/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>I read this on a tee shirt worn by a person at the Delhi airport. It read Friends are hard to find Difficult to Keep Impossible to forget This simple and beautiful message triggered a tsunami of thoughts in my &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/friendship-random-thoughts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Early retirement to spend time on doing things that you wanted to do and could not do because of your routine is what most of us dream of. I retired early in life to follow my passion of travel and &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2016/05/29/early-retirement-what-i-did-right-and-wrong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>For me Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely  in a pretty and  well preserved body, but  rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up,totally worn out and loudly proclaiming,&#8221;wow, what a journey &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/solo-is-for-the-soul/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Bandhavgarh the tiger haven has always been the stage for some fascinating  dramas enacted on the meadows of chakradhara and Raj Behra. There have been many takeover bids in these meadows some have become history and have been narrated by &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/the-tala-tale-murderrevengesuspense-and-tragedy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>

<p>Left Delhi on the 7th 0f Feb to track and have a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard Called shan in ladhaki. There was great apprehension and fear in my mind, as I was getting into unexplored zone. Mathematics  never &hellip; <a href="https://steadyandsharp.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-trail-of-the-holy-grail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>