A Olive ridley hatchling returns to the sea at the Cuthbert Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Middle Andaman Island, 1998
A Giant Leatherback hatchling at South Bay, Great Nicobar Island, 1998
A washed ashore Green sea turtle on the beach of South Sentinel Island Wildlife Sanctuary, February 1998
A nesting Olive ridley at Cuthbert Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Middle Andaman Island, February 1998
A nesting Green sea turtle, South Sentinel Island Wildlife Sanctuary, February 1998
A Giant Leatherback returns to the sea after nesting at South Bay, Great Nicobar Island, February 2002
Dry stands of the pandanus
The settlement of Campbel Bay, the headquarters of Great Nicobar Island
Dead and drying trees could be seen standing like a brown of wall around most of the islands in the Nicobar Group
Along the North South Road that used to run right along the eastern coast of Great Nicobar
A view of the settlement at 35kms from a boat. The extent to which the beach and the sea has intruded can be seen clearly
A mangrove is permanently submerged and has dessicated subsequently. A view from from further inland 
Coastal forests including mangroves, pandanus and horticultural plantations like those of coconut and areca were badly hit
A dry stand of pandanus
A White bellied sea eagle perches on the dead and dry branches on a mangrove
Mayabundar, Middle Andaman Island, July 2002
Great Nicobar Island, Feb 2006
Mayabundar, Middle Andaman Island, July 2003
Mayabundar, July 2003
Fiddler Crab amidst breathing roots, Mayabundar, July 2003
Hermit Crabs move around amidst breathing roots, Wandoor, 2007
A tentative, hungry mongoose, but the food belongs to the cats...
but then again, hunger has no easy solutions.
First, two interested cats...
then, two uninterested cats.
Desert Wheatear, Pingleswar, Kutch
Black necked stork
Common Cranes
Black necked stork
Desert wheatear
In the timber yard, Hut Bay, 1998
Plywood mill, Bamboo Flat, 1998. The plywood industry was an important consumer of timber in the islands. A combination of factors including increasing costs, shortage of timber and increasing awareness led to their closing down in 2001
Large areas of forests in the Andamans were cleared in this manner to create plantations and settlements. This is a 1998 picture from Havelock Island
When a president comes visiting.
Large scale sand mining on the coasts has led to massive erosion and as seen in this case loss of considerable stretches of littoral forests. This is a 1998 picture from Hut Bay, Little Andaman Island
An elephant and a log. This is a 1998 picture of the Timber yard in Hut Bay, Little Andaman Island. Large scale logging that was going on since the 1970s was finally stopped in Little Andaman following Supreme Court orders in 2001. Related issues and the developments leading to the court orders can be read in 'Troubled Islands' the book published in 2003 that is a compilation of my articles that appeared in different publications from 1998-2003. If you are interested in getting copies do write to me at psekhsaria@gmail.com
Driving from Kutch to Kala Dungar means you have to cross the Tropic of Cancer
One of the relatively less known aspects of Kutch is the huge abundance of fossils here, evidence that this land used to be under sea millions of years ago.
A view of the Great Rann of Kutch from atop Kala Dungar
The jackals were aware that the time for their food was approaching and they started emerging from the surrounding bush in anticipation
Harjibhai carrying the food for the jackals
A crow sneaks in as Harjibhai walks away from the feeding table
Harjibhai who's job it is to feed the jackals, lays out the rice for them
Jackals feeding on their cement concrete dining table
Harjibhai and the jackals
