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Phone Numbers ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffNew!f

Over the years, I realised that many a times innocent snakes were killed just because I wasn't there or I wasn't able to make it to the far away places of Goa. So I have made a detailed list of phone numbers of snake catchers, spanning the entire state.......Check this out>> jjj

Turtles! ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffNew!f

Seven years ago, at two in the night, my dad and I were walking along the dark deserted beach of Morjim. I had managed to persuade a pretty college girl to come along, and with Jonny—a local boy from the village—we were patrolling the shoreline for sea turtles...........More>>jjjjj

Heavy Metal fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffNew!f

I am a staunch defender of heavy metal music. My exposure to it started at the age of fifteen when I borrowed a Guns and Roses tape from one of my friends to listen to the song Sweet Child of Mine. The cassette was a greatest hits collection......More>>jjjjjjjjjjj

Dude The Frog fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffNew!f

He lives inside a round cement pond behind my house. The dark, sinister looking water with rotting mango leaves provides him with the ideal camouflage that merges perfectly with his muddy green skin colour. Most of the time.....More>>

Getting Stray to the Problem ffffffffffffffffffffffNew!f

Along with calls that I receive to rescue snakes, wild cats, monitor lizards and birds, I also get calls from people who want me to do something about stray dogs. Some of them are concerned that the strays are not getting enough food, More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Holy Bull!

I am not a great fan of art, so I am not a very good judge of it either. I have therefore arrived at Shireen’s home totally skeptical. But as I run my eyes over her paintings, I am entirely captivated More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Salelkar the Wild Catffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Six in the morning and I am sitting in the jeep that is bouncing along the stony wildlife trail leading into the depths of the Mollem National Park. Behind the wheel sits Prakash Salelkar, his coarse and ruggedly handsome face frowning into a grim expression. Check this out>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

The Movie? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

This is kinda the script of the movie which is to be done with credit to my own writing abilities without which of course. more>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Goa’s youth and wild life: Enemies or friends?fff

Nowadays wildlife conservation talk is common practice. Thirty years ago, my father tells me, people, young people especially, didn’t think twice before shooting a bird or gunning down an animal. They didn’t have to bother because there were hardly any laws protecting wildlife, and the animals were a lot more in number. There was no awareness either.More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

The Top Sexy People of Goaffffffffffffffffffffffffff

I did an article on the ten people doing different things in Goa. This article was published in Goa Plus in their Anniversary Issue. More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Spiders ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

One of the creatures I studied about when I took a year off from School was spiders. I worked under Dr. Vijayalakshmi in Madras, who is an expert in rearing Giant Crab spiders – a species she uses especially to control cockroaches. My real interest even at that time was reptiles, but I was keen on learning about these animals as well. More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Kistu the Legendffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Kistu is a legend in Goa. Perhaps a little forgotten today, but 10 years ago, I remember even my school teachers used to talk about him in class with awe. Friends used to tell me that he escaped from the Aguada prison, with shackles on his feet. The jailers, they said, had pierced metal through his shins, (like a ring through a bull’s nose) to keep the chains on him. Equally famous he was for living a life like a guerrilla...More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Wild Fantasies ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff For a time when I was younger though, I used to be crazy about movies on animals, snakes especially. As I grew older however, I lost all interest in such films. The reason being they are all badly made and misleading too. Most animals I have found, in my reading and experience, are peaceful creatures, attacking only in self-defence. More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

Handling the King In November last year, a King Cobra was found by terrified villagers on the outskirts of the Molem Wildlife Sanctuary. Not knowing how to handle the large and extremely dangerous snake, the Forest Department’s officers, when called to help, killed it instead. The King Cobra was reported to be 12 feet long. Like other wildlife enthusiasts, I was shocked with the news of the killing...More>>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj

How to Handle Snakes Ebook This booklet has been written with the specific intention of curing the reader of his or her hostility towards snakes. If you read it carefully, you should no longer fear snakes and may even begin to love them. People who overcome their fears through knowledge are no longer anxious with the presence of snakes. On the contrary, they turn into their protectors.More>>