Undated Ramblings - Tadoba Andhari

In Tadoba you will rarely see a Tiger
but you are face to facewith a beautiful forest
nice jeep trails flanked by tall machans,
slow moving traffic when Langurs are sighted,
dense Bamboo thickets in which Nilgai hide
and Tadoba lake where you can sight crocodiles.

Besides Tadoba lake
they have taxidermized a man-eater,
a rogue that killed 20 odd, long legged prey
and took 14 odd bullets enroute to
wherever Tigers go when they die;
they have also mounted glossy pictures
showing poor feathered birds trapped in spider webs.

You can't stay within the forest
dear politically un-connected wildlife lover,
(we camped in a hut besides an Elephant hostel)
but at Moharla, where Tadoba get's gated into a Reserve,
the village's shops sell nice Mahuli
and people don't shit out at night for fear of Bears.