(July 10, 2018) Leopards have expertly adapted to living in Mumbai, and people are slowly following suit.“I did not expect it to be such a shy animal,” reflects Rohan Shah. “Over the last year, I have encountered the leopard many times in this forest but surprisingly, each time it seemed more frightened of me, than I was, of it.”A local train to the Borivali local train station on a typically hot and humid day, followed by an auto rickshaw through loud, narrow lanes of MG Road and a walk...

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(July 06, 2018) Rotary Club and Selco have helped bring light to the homes of tribals.Ashwath from Sollepura relocation centre is a class ten student who secured first class marks this year. He was admitted to the Vishwa Bharathi Vidya Samasthe in HD Kote for his higher education. Contributing to his success in no small measure is the fact that the dark homes in this settlement have been lit with solar power, thanks to the involvement of civil society.Irregular power supply, unscheduled power cuts and power dis...

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(July 04, 2018) Recovering data from Camera traps comes as an exciting adventure with its ups and downs.It was 2014. The college term had come to an end and I was clearing my desk for the summer break.The students were excited they were going to the next class, with new subjects, new teachers and new things to learn, not to forget new classes to bunk!!!Then it dawned on me that I had to teach the same subjects again next year. What a boring proposition. Life had come a full circle and I was bored with my job ag...

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