yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

Once upon a time comes a movie that makes you fall in love went the tagline of 'Lamhe' (happily saw  it few times with dadi ) and once upon a time comes an email - a response to what you write - that makes you feel warm, happy of your writing and the ability to make that connect and of course leaves you craving to go 'there' again . .  It talks of Lawngtlai - lights of which I saw from my room (near the Saiha Helipad) each evening. Initially I used to get irritated at Lawngtlai having electricity and my having to see it from the hill opposite that lay covered in sleepy darkness - but gradually started loving it - a bright shining necklace worn by the hill. The forests of Lawngtlai (along the Aizawl - Saiha road) where I first saw civets on a tired evening and also rats during moutam (bamboo flowering); of course the rats scared me. .  Our trips to Ngengpui Wls and Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) NP were possible only because of Pu Tlana. He then stayed in the lovel

An abstract I submitted at the recently organized SCB by ATREE at Bangalore was accepted and I had an interesting experience attending the Conference. While the abstract was submitted under "Biodiversity and People" - one of the 4 themes of the Conference my talk was a part of a session titled "Conservation Management : Tools and Education". Pleased to share  the abstract   and select slides. Conservation Education (CE): Questions enroute an invigorating journey. CE program at Saiha (Mizoram) had me undertake a range of activities that include film-screenings, church-newsletters and tea-stall discussions . These were organized on a regular basis over a period of 3 years with different segments of society and efforts made to generate synergies with local practices. My involvement with the entire gamut from plan to documentation greatly enriched me and also left me with questions.   Questions that range from whether we are communicating in an