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The Tiger Tank Tigress of Kabini

A cold, winter morning in November. The jungle is still, and the only sound that emanates is the cracking of bones. None of us move…

5 min readMay 22, 2019

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The Tiger Tank Tigress of Kabini

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shama ahmed

Let’s Talk Leopard

Having grown up on a healthy diet of Jim Corbett, my love for the jungles only grew when I switched to Kenneth Anderson, followed by Hugh…

3 min readMay 13, 2019

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Let’s Talk Leopard

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shama ahmed

Tiger Tales from Corbett

Sometimes you drive into the jungle for hours without so much as a glimpse of the big cats, elephants, or the nervous ungulates. There are…

7 min readMay 9, 2019

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Tiger Tales from Corbett

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shama ahmed

That mystery in the passageway

I’ve always had a wild sort of imagination. I’ve imagined a man hiding behind the curtains, kitchen knife in hand, waiting for me to part…

4 min readMay 6, 2019

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That mystery in the passageway

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shama ahmed

When imagination runs riot

The croutons reminded me of tiny rafts floating in a pond. I sprinkled a dash of pepper very precisely on a crouton, pretending it was a…

4 min readMay 6, 2019

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shama ahmed

All in the Family: Deciphering Tiger Behavior in the Wild

My tryst with tigers began almost 10 years ago when I first laid eyes on the erstwhile Prince, the alpha-male of the Bandipur Tiger…

5 min readMay 5, 2019

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All in the Family: Deciphering Tiger Behavior in the Wild

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shama ahmed

That incredible lightness

We had just returned from a wonderful vacation in the sun-kissed hill town of Madikeri in Coorg, Karnataka. I expected to feel refreshed…

3 min readMay 5, 2019

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That incredible lightness

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shama ahmed

For the love of Chai

Nearly nine years ago, somewhere in the Himalayas, a hawker handed me a steaming cup of tea as I stood, shivering in the biting- cold. As…

5 min readMay 5, 2019

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For the love of Chai

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shama ahmed

When it rained leopards

Donald Anderson, the son of the once-famous hunter turned conservationist, Kenneth Anderson, in his book, The Last White Hunter, spoke…

6 min readMay 5, 2019

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When it rained leopards

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shama ahmed

shama ahmed

Writer, traveller, chai-lover, wildlife enthusiast … Always ready to pack my bags and leave! Check out my wildlife pictures on Instagram @shamakabirahmed

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