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 I don't know how I have created this site. But surely I can say that my loneliness was the major factor behind it.

In my childhood days I was very notorious. My mother, jokingly and sometime in anger, used to threaten me saying " You better improve yourself or I will marry you in jungle and there will be no body whom you can talk to". And, her words became true in the real life. I was actually married to a Forest officer in1978. My husband, U. M. Sahai, is an IFS officer of 1977 batch and has been allotted Rajasthan cadre. After completing his professional training at Dehradun and Mussoorie he got his first posting in Ghana Bird Sanctuary (now known as Keoladeo National Park ) at Bharatpur as a Research Officer. We stayed in the Forest Rest House inside the sanctuary  for quite some time, before we shifted in the Govt. bungalow in the city. The challenging job and his enthusiasm made him busy very soon. I had almost no work, either as household or outside. One day my husband's boss Mr Kailash Sankhla, the world famous wildlife expert (known as "Tiger Man"), told me at the breakfast table " Go along with Umesh  ( he used to call him by his first name ) in the sanctuary and enjoy the jungle life. If you will go with him he will enjoy his work more." After that I started going with him in the sanctuary quite frequently and really enjoyed the jungle life.

Later on I got busy with my children and time passed away very fast. After 28 years or so, when the children have grown up and Umesh has become even more busy, I am again feeling loneliness. One day when I  opened the book almirah I came across so many books on wildlife and nature. When I went through the books the old memories got refreshed. I sat on my computer to concretize my thoughts and the experiences.......

@Anjali Sahai

When our Motor Bike jumped over the Python

I can not forget my first experience in the forest. It was the forenoon time and my husband and I were going on a motor cycle to see the old Fort area known as Kadam Kunj.  I was sitting on the back seat. We were told by the staff that the fort was  situated in the interior of the forests and was surrounded by a number of Kadamb trees. It was a typical old type of fort now in a dilapidated condition. There was a wide and deep moat surrounding the fort and a kucha road all around the moat. One can thus go round on the road and come back making a full circle. For going in the fort one has to cross an Iron bridge built over the moat. The bridge was so built that it could be lifted up from the road end side and then no body can reach the fort. May be it was for the security reasons in those old days. During the day time of the winter season Pythons can be seen lying on the road, on the wall of the moat or on the trees for basking in the sunshine. After reaching  Kadam Kunj we were moving on the road around the Fort and looking towards the Fort and admiring it. We could not complete the circle because a fallen tree was blocking the way. So we started returning the same way on which we had gone. We were again looking towards the Fort, the trees and moat etc. Just after a few minutes, all of sudden,  we saw a huge python lying across the road a few feet ahead in front of our  bike. Due to extreme fear and shock  bike could not be stopped and it jumped over the Python. After a few seconds I felt as if something is clinging to my Dupatta. I thought it was the Python. I screamed out of fear. After a few moments the bike took a turn and I felt  lighter. I turned back and saw that there was nothing. Probably it was some thorny twig that had been stuck to my clothes. Whatever it was, but I can not forget that thrilling moment.......   Anjali Sahai  -

 
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