'Though I was never there, but even then this "going" thing made me feel nostalgic', she said all of it in a haste. I could see the pain in her eyes. I could feel everything of it.
When I was writing
these verses the day was just breaking down, or probably night had just begun.
Mixed were the feelings and as always many of the thoughts moving around, as was
the fan over my head swinging. Silence was there everywhere, around me to
distances afar. But it was hard to tell whether the silence was of some
calmness or was it the silence before some storm. For now, it was hard to
distinguish and I had to take the meaning in both ways .
While the term ‘conservation’ is very vast and has various
meanings, Dalla village and Shiva community forest together provide a very real
example of what naturalists call “the use, management and protection of
resources so that they are available on a sustainable basis.” Dalla village and
Shiva community forest are situated in the Khata biological corridor which
connects two trans-boundary protected areas—Bardia National Park in Nepal and
Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India. A biological corridor is a path
connecting two protected areas through which wild animals can move freely. The
Khata corridor is a conservation school where it is possible to learn something
new everyday.
The phone had rung
twice, and I just came to know then.
"When are you
coming? What shall I cook for you today? your favorite food?", Mum was
asking excitedly from the other side of the phone.
"Mum I have huge
pile of works to do this weekend; I can't come home," I said hastily. As
always I was stucked in a meeting and was up with my excuses.