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Meeting with Uncle Moosa and his friends in Tezu

Rajesh — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:28:42 +0000

It all began with our Uncle. Uncle Moosa we call him. Not just us. Most of east Arunachal calls him that – and for good measure. Our Uncle Moosa It is Uncle Moosa, as part of a select band of social missionaries, who took a good part of two generations of the region on that [...]

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In Namdapha National Park: Chasing the Butterflies

Malini — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:39:04 +0000

A steam engine in the jungle!!! The alarm on my mobile phone was set at 4.30. But I was woken up before that….. by a steam engine, of all things, in the middle of a jungle – in Namdapha National Park. And the nearest railway station was about 90 km away, in Margherita, Assam!!! I [...]

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Destination: Namdapha National Park

Malini — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:59:26 +0000

It was 5 pm and the sun was already on the wrong side of the horizon. The flickering solar lights at the forest guest house where we were staying at looked feeble from where we were standing. We were atop a small mound of sand overlooking the Noa-dihing River. The only sounds we could hear [...]

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