Me
I own and run a small lodge on the outskirts of the Ranthambhore tiger reserve in India. I used to be a civil engineer working in Delhi but that was a long time ago. In 1998, my wife and I quit the rat race and shifted to Ranthambhore for good. Why Ranthambhore ? Mainly to stay close to tigers. Wild ones.
We now make less money than we did before but there are absolutely no regrets. Life here is good. It is slow, laid back but good.
We meet great people, take nice pictures, travel a lot and generally have a lot of fun doing what we are doing. Lets face it I dont know many people who go to the forest early in the morning, see a lot of wildlife - including tigers and come back home for breakfast.
Where is Ranthambhore?
Ranthambhore (often misspelled ar Ranthambore) is a Tiger Reserve in the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan.
As you can see, Ranthambhore is very conveniently located in Northwestern India, close to the Capital city of New Delhi. The nearest major airport is Jaipur, about three hours drive. The closest rail head is at Sawai Madhopur, about 15 minutes drive from Ranthambhore.
damn good work.
keep it up.
Aditya and Poonam are really passionate people and are doing a tremedous job , they are so passionate that people like me from the Rat Race of Delhi have been motivated to joinup and do something for the Tigers and the Wild. A part of the Earth that we call ours and should leave a heritage for our children.
The work and the orientation for anyone to understand the wild and nature given by Aditya is wonderful and a never miss.
GOOD LUCK and may the numbers grow
Vivek Bhatnagar
I am Arun Bhargava and I live in Alwar .I am a regular visitor to Ranthambhore and pretty close to F.S..I feel you really took a very bold step by leaving Delhi behind and settling in Ranthambhore
Keep it up
Regards
Arun Bhargava
Hi Aditya,
I have been following a lot of documentaries on tiger protection and their habitats especially from sariska and ranthambore… (Watched a few on Animal Planet) and ever since have developed some enthusiasm in being a part of the tiger and wild life protection team. I find you have been doing great work and I am so appreciative of all your work ( especially the beautiful pictures ) You may email me and we could probably discuss about how we can take things forward.
Best Regards
Bala Vignesh
Hi Dicky, Remember me from Modern school Days? How r u? Had heard about u shifting to Ranthambhore long time back, But never had a chance to visit the reserve in recent times. I am in Jaipur for last 10 years now and will be coming to Ranthambhore in October 2nd or 3rd week. Would definately like to meet u on this visit. mail me your contact details.
Take care…Hukum
Nice site and Blog. I am visiting my parents in Jaipur and getting interested in taking a short trip to Ranthambore with my kids. Your site is giving me a good idea of what I may get (or not get) there!
One thing that stood out while reading your Blog - you have mentioned that you may not get to see autopsy report of Guda tigress - well, does RTI not work for this? I am a great fan of RTI and want to know if I am missing anything?
A wonderful treasure for Indian Wildlife. Aditya and friends are really doing great things to bring mass interest in wildlife conservation.
I on behalf of the official website of Kaziranga National Park invite you to visit the site - http://www.worldheritagekaziranga.com and if possible share some images, stories that will be selected for publishing on the website.
Thanks. Regards.
I used to visit Ranthambhore much before it became a Tiger Reserve or National Park, in 1966/67/68; perhapps for the last time in 1970. My uncle was a Gm with the Sahu Jain cement factory in Sawai Madhopur, there were five really beautiful cousins and the combined attractions of them and the jungle saw me in SWM every holiday.I saw a tiger only once that too from a long long distance. But the jungle in general never failed to charm. The fort and the small rivulet ( Mishradhara - was it? ) were simply magical. I have not gone back since, much too my own loss and at the ripe mature age of 63 would simply love to do so. Aditya’s writings have rekindled many fond memories and the burning desire to go back to the jungle which taught me to love nature so dearly
hi aditya,
i went through your blog and was disheartening to learn about the hypocrtic govt. officials.i am going to appear for my cse interview in april and for that purpose could you please suggest me some thing towards making the tiger conservation more realistic and effective?
i shall be grateful to you.
thank you so much
warm regards
Ashok Meena
IITD