Chitawan, Sauraha and around
This episode is not going to be litany of explanations about natural or socio-cultural heritages, but explicit overview of what I did during a short break from my routine work. So it would be boring to delve into it if you have not time. Ok, let me start. There was a research training to begin with. In Bharatpur, Chitawan. For which we took a night bus from Dharan and took our sojourn at a hotel by 4.00AM. Two days were for training, let’s not talk about its details. The evening of Friday, however, was fun-filled on the bank of Narayani river. We from batch 2005 of BPKIHS gathered to celebrate reunion at ‘home away from home.’ Next day, I took respite at a brother’s place, who took me to Sauraha, a famous place one wouldn’t like to miss during any trip to Chitawan. There’s a popular saying that if one hasn’t seen a rhino in a lifetime, his/her life is worthless. Despite rigorous chase into the wild on the back of a colossal elephant, we didn’t see the face of one-...