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Suresh S's avatar

Wonderful shots of the Royal couple of Kabini Sir. Exactly, nature is the best healer. And she is really the Empress and has that royal swagger. Sir can U share me that video to my WhatsApp? I m curious to watch it......

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Hi Suresh ,

Thanks , will share the video today

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Niral Shah's avatar

Lovely narration once again. Nature is the best healer certainly. Hope National parks like Kabini , thrive like this and also its tigers and its flora & fauna

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thank you Niral bhai

kabini and others are surely thriving and post Covid even more as people are realising that there is only 1 life and must make most of it

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Mahesh Reddy's avatar

Just saw the video. Too good. Very close shot. Hope you are taking all precailiations.

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot Mahesh

There is no special precaution apart from understanding animal behaviour and ensuring one does not excite / distract them

Elephant is the most dangerous specie in a jungle

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Mahesh Reddy's avatar

Wonderful, each and every picture is beautiful. Loved it.

Thank you once again for sharing.

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Mahesh

Yes they are all of a gorgeous tigress and we got her in quite an open area so the pics are really good

Hope u enjoyed the vdo I sent ?

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manojsingh7791@gmail.com's avatar

Beautiful pictures Sir apart from that a good description about the natural healing process.

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thank you so much , Manoj

Do share InFocus with all your friends and family members

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Dipankar Dutta's avatar

A good narration of the Empress of the Kabini forest

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Yes dada

She is the true Empress of Kabini

When do you plan to visit , Kabini now ?

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Charles's avatar

After she recovering, her walk remembering me a dialog in a Tamil poem "Naṉ vilnten enru ninaittayo" ( do you think I fell ) written by writer, poet and my favorite Subramania Bharathiyar.

Raising the tail above head level, cool walk wow, amazing and nicely captured every movement

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Wonderful, Charles

How amazingly well you narrate wildlife sequences back to a Tamil movie , I am simply impressed

Will share the video of the tigress

Do hear the longer video with an ear phone to pick up all the jungle sounds and most importantly her roar and growl

Let me know after that how you feel

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Pradeep Rastogi's avatar

Yet another lovely presentation of feline beauty ,accompanied with lovely narration

You are new Rudyard Kipling

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thank you , uncle for your kind words

She is gorgeous, isn't she ?

Such a majesty too

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Abhishek Anand's avatar

Awesome pictures again sir. Kabini is really a gift of nature and the way you have described it is like a video clip. Normally people follow the pug mark but the way you are describing the injury mark and it’s healing process is really something different. Regards,

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Abhishek

I shared what I saw and experienced

Of course me and my wife love Kabini and don't get tired off it

Seeing and feeling it like a video clip is the power of your mind . I try my best to put the picture in front of you guys , rest is your powers of imagination

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Sujata Sharma's avatar

Wow! What oomph, what swagger!

"Those tiny flowers at her feet enhanced her femininity and allure. She was nimble and conscious of not stepping on to those flowers.

I was reminded of another musical tale from Bollywood Royal Chronicles.........

Paon Choo Lene Do Phoolon Ko ..............................

When a future empress of India, was told similar words from the future emperor of India, in the movie Taj Mahal.....(here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNfWpzwQ8k)

She is the bold and the beautiful, the real swanky one : her pose, her gait, her gestures displaying royal poise and oozing exquisite beauty. Her beautiful yellow and black fur hides real blue blood. When she closes her eyes and rubs her neck on the tree, she is making a statement : This is my world, my realm, my turf. She is like a siren, an enchantress and the real brave one. If you see her tail in the pictures, it is swaying to its own dance looking like a brandishing alluring weapon!

The lesser mortals of the jungle may call her femme fatale, but she is a great mother to her cubs and a great empress, a befitting queen to Temple Tank Male.

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Wonderful Sujata

Your words & expressions add another level to InFocus

Now, you have to make a trip to Kabini

Hopefully , I have sold it enough by now ?

She , Magge Rani , TT Male , Power line male, Russel line female , TT Male , TT Female etc are all great characters to be experienced and enjoyed from close & in real

Hope you descend on Kabini soon

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Anshuman's avatar

Beautiful pictures against the lush green backdrop. This tigress looks so majestic! Happy to know that she recovered so well from her injuries. Wild is no place for the injured and she definitely got a second chance :-)

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Anshuman

Yes she survived and is doing really well

It was amazing to see her and see her and hear her roar and walk around fearlessly as if she owns the place

Will share her vdos and you let me know , whether you liked those

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Arti Kulkarni's avatar

Wow! What an illustrated narration

Lovely pics.... Empress rubbing her neck on tree trunk is excellent... superb timing.. and capture

Enjoyed the illustrated narration very much

Keep going 👍

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Arti

yes those are special pictures

She seemed to be enjoying it a lot

Thanks

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Neena's avatar

I always love to read your big cat stories… but was really awesome. I actually experienced the whole adventure through your story telling and beautiful clicks. I cannot pick the best one as each posture of this empress of Kabini is like a royal photo shoot

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thank you so much . Neena

Hope you saw the video (had posted on our school group), if not let me know , will share it over whatsapp

Waiting for you to find time to sketch , paint etc of any of these pics

You are going places and am so happy for you

Your spirit is superb

Keep building

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Ashok Balaganessan's avatar

Though science is yet to prove the definite existence of 'feelings' and 'emotions' in animals, we can be so definite from those pictures that she is feeling the pride of being the empress of Kabini. Just like that we don't call someone as empress. It is when the overflowing feeling of pride from a well deserved individual touches the hearts of the observers, it gives back a reflection by calling them with 'names'. These are not just names but our true emotions.

There is an old saying 'with great power comes great responsibility' and our empress has shown that character on those nimble flowers. Unfortunately this character is not to be seen on those cruel and selfish hunters who almost brought the royal species to the verge of extinction. Most picturesque picture to me is the last one where the empress is giving a royal walk on the palace garden and the expression on her face suggest a reminder to those hunters ' I am still alive and kicking, get me if you can without any of your silly weapons' Thank you for this blog. Please share the video if possible. Thank you!

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Hope you would share the video with family and friends as well as the blog so that they subscribe and enjoy it directly

Please her her roar by using ear phones

That wd give transfer you live to the setting

You are so right , the names flow naturally . because of emotions that get created on seeing , feeling and experiencing the wild , live

Also you are right , cowards killed so many of them by using firearms , luring them thru goats etc and hiding themselves behind or over machans

In open , we are no match to them

they are nobler to allow us to witness them from so close (as you can see from the video, how close we get to them and they have the magnanimity of not attacking us )

Thanks again

The tiger population is on the rise and that's so nice to know , isn't it ?

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Krishna Goyal's avatar

I am greatful to see Kabini from the lens of a person who justifies each and every moment spent there. thank you sir

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Krishna

Shared videos with you

Hear the vdo thru ear phones, to get transported live to the scene of actio, you would hear that way all the sounds of the jungle

Also have you shared the blog with others ?

Do share that and the vdos

we must spread love and awareness for nature and the wild

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Gowar's avatar

Great piece of work Parag. To track the injury and also the healing of it and record them in photographs is just another level. Feel this is more than just a blog - this is true blooded wildlife photo journalism.

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Parag Kulkarni's avatar

Thanks a lot, Gowar

You are so much different and evolved than regular readers

You appreciate those nuances far more

We (Anita more) were so happy to see her back to her Glory

The world needs such glorious species and personas

Don't they ?

Have shared the videos with you , for you to better appreciate

Hear through ear phones to experience the wild Live with all its sounds and her ROAR too

let me know how you feel then

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