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The Bhoom forest rest house.
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The Sharada river, on November 20, 2016.
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The beautiful Ladhiya, a tributary of the Sharada, on November 24.
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Kaladhungi forest rest house, now almost abandoned. Jim Corbett and Sir William Ibbotsons stayed here in April 1937.
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The author’s travel companions in November 2016: (Left to right) Amitabh Dhillon from the Indian Police Service, Bivash Pandav from the Wildlife Institute of India and Ravikiran Goverkar from the Indian Forest Service.
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(right) a rustic butterfly (Cupha erymanthis) in Selagargh, Chuka man-eater area, on November 21.
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A rustic butterfly (Cupha erymanthis) in Selagargh, Chuka man-eater area, on November 21.
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A panoramic view of Chuka village. (Above).
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Gowri Singh, 83 years old and the liveliest person we met in the village of Chuka.
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Gowri Singh, 83 years old and the liveliest person the travellers met in Chuka.
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(Right) The Ladhiya-Sharada confluence, on November 22. In his narrative on the Thak man-eater, Jim Corbett writes about the confluence being full of big mahseer, but on this field trip, the travellers did not see any fish here.
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Golden mahseer in the Kosi river protected by Infinity Resorts and the Forest Department, on November 18. There is potential for a mahseer conservation programme in Uttarakhand as the State has a 500-km stretch of riverine mahseer habitat.
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Residents of Chuka village and the team from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)camp in Chuka, on November 24.
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A tiger pugmark, just short of Chalti. The reappearance of the tiger in the area can be attributed to the SSB camps along the Nepal border.
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