WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Dec 25, 2021
3 minutes
By Ishani Nandi
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“They were here, just a few minutes ago,” Laxman, our forest guide, exclaims, pointing towards a wet smudge on the ground. Leaning over the jeep guardrails, I peer hard at the red forest floor—nothing but mud. When squinting fails, I try quick-blinking to bring the patterns into existence. No dice.
“Lara and her cubs. They must have come here for a drink,” concurs Swanand Deshpande, one of the naturalists at Waghoba Eco Lodge, where I am spending the weekend, a luxury wilderness resort set in the heart of
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