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Carpe Diem!

Friday, 12, May, 2023. Calangute, Goa. 7.30am. A short while ago I had brewed my coffee, unlocked the door leading to the backyard, ...

"There he met the mahseer of the Poonch, beside whom the tarpon is as a herring, and he who lands him can say that he is a fisherman." - ...

Spectacular scenery... territorial disputes... pashmina shawls... Wazwan cuisine ... walnuts. These are some of the things that most people would ...

Wow... What a year!! As I go through the photographs of the past 12 months I realise that there was so much happening that a lot of nice images ...

December 16, 2022 by driandsouza 4 Comments

I’m a Mumbai-based cancer surgeon by profession. By the time you read this that opening sentence will have to be read in the past tense! ...

When it comes to Indian wildlife, the one name that automatically comes to most minds is 'tiger'. I consider myself a very passionate, though ...

In February 2019 a couple of birders and I did an amazing, 1500Km long birding trip to the North East of India. Covering the States of Assam and ...

We arrived at Port Blair in the Andamans on the 9th of March 2021. The original plan was to spend a couple of days of birding in the Andamans ...

In March this year (2021) a few birders and I visited the Andamans. This incredibly biodiverse archipelago of 572 islands (if one includes ...

Calangute, Goa. January, 2021. A tiny common pierrot butterfly resting on a yellow trumpet reminds me of the opening lines of a poem we were ...