Dear Member,

JungleLore is pleased to have organized a trip to Ranthambhore for Balmohan Vidya Mandir school's Nature Club. We took a hundred and thirty students and teachers and school staff for the three day trip - and it was a roller-coaster ride, right from assembling at the Mumbai Central railway station, to getting everyone settled at the Hammir resort, to the rollicking fun we had in each and every safari! You can see details of the events on our blog http://balmohan.wordpress.com/, and three best pictures taken by the students are showcased in the feature photograph section.

The beam also focuses on tigers in the creature feature section, since this is the year of the tiger according to Chinese tradition. We also have an account of Gaurav's visit to Periyar national park and his amazing sighting of Dhole.

Hope you enjoy this edition, and do write to us with feedback or stories you'd like to see on The Beam.

Enjoy!!

Inside

A tour of Zanskar - a brief about Zanskar Valley

Unreal Morning - Gaurav's exciting sighting of Dhole in Periyar national reserve

Did you know? - a collection of interesting facts about wildlife

Creature Feature - facts you might not have known about Tigers

Upcoming events - you can look forward to these experiences with Junglelore in the near future

Desktop Calendar - a photograph shot by Gaurav Athalye

Feature photographs - photograph contributions - Tanvi Shah, Praveen Pai and Yash Salgaonkar