I must admit that we are so attached with the places we live in, either it be a very remote place in the middle of jungle or the city with luxuries. You are so dipped into the sorrow and the happiness that the place suffer, be it earthquake, flood or any other disaster. Nevertheless, I am so shaken by all the circumstances that the places suffer and at times its equally rejuvenating and pleasant place to be in. Thakurdwara and its pheriphery is just beyond words, the people in the narrow lane is walking with ambition,hopes,dreams ,some looks so rushing,some just with smiley faces and some in their own way.Moreover the National park residing in the heart of Thakurdwara is something which really enthrall  lots of soul form every nook and corner of the world.

Major Missing

Life is not about achieving the great  things,but what I have learned is what make you really happy and satisfied matter most. Bhurigaun the place where I spend almost 11 months is not so enthralling at the first glance but when it comes to the work that I have done and the people of places are really so innocent and engraved in my heart. Sometimes we bounce back to the memories we made, either it would be a curshing or the blessing they will never fade for ages.

I so miss the walking track to Chittal pokhari and the group of chital in the periphery,   defending sound of the monkey, rushing wild boar and the hiding golden jackel when encountered.I miss those trackless walk into the woods leading nowhere and sometimes being lost in the dense forest, walking for hours to get water to drink and many more. How much curious we used to be trying to identify the pugmarks, scat,fecal matter and any other marks into the jungle and guessing what could be either it’s a big mammal or might be it small.The scary sound(breaking the branches of tree) in the midnight by the elephant near the quarter and witnessing their activities from the roof and the joy is ineffable.

The saddened feeling giving funeral to the dead animals in the road accident, finding the chital trapped in the ambush by the poacher and sometimes dead animal in the canal. Not only for animal equally heartbreaking for human making homeless by the elephant and loosing their loved ones every year.

Fire Fighter

The national park effort in controlling forest fire is really the appreciable work that has been done by the joint efforts of the armed force end the park staff during the peak season. The tireless effort for the month long being the fire fighter carrying the waterbag and the bunch of branch making the fireline as a control measure has been the common way to response the forest fire.Sitting in the nook and watching the row of the fire fighter and their works really makes you heartwhelming.What I most loved being in park is the team work and the unity in every single works.

Seasonal Conflict

Yes, we can proudly say that we are rich in biodiversity, but managing them in their own natural habitat is the challenging task for we conservationist. Many of us spend lots of money and time just to witness them in their wild state, but the people who are residing nearby the park never want to see them again. I am always amazed by the animal behavior that’s goes on changing with the changing pattern of people to chase them off. The season generally refers to the crop harvesting season when the entrance of animals mainly elephant, wild boar, Nilgai are the frequent  in the agricultural crops. Like us animal can feel the love, joy, fear and pain but the only thing is they cannot grasp the spoken word.

The gang

Most of the times the one tusk elephant with few other in his gang has been appeared within the whole buffer zone area. Some day they are observed in karmala and the nexy day they might appear in balati, the another day in hattisar.आज त एक दाह्रे हाती हातीसार मा देखियो रे, ओहो अस्ति त मोतिपुर मा आको थियो त​; धान सब सखाप पर्यो मेरो त , the people gossips.One can understand that how depression is seeping inside the rural people by so called elephant and its daily appearance in their agricultural fields.I am so inspired by few of the people who have lost their family members,every year they faces the huge loss due to crop raiding,
still they want to conserve animals consoling others people in the neighborhood to think the same way.

Looking into the ceiling and deeped  with the myriads of thoughts and memories is what I love to cherish in my whole life.

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