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Monday, November 20, 2023

No More Dead Bajrang!

"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die."… Master Funakoshi

"It is far better to live like a tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years."…- Benito Mussolini.

Very surprisingly neither Master Funakoshi who happens to be from Japan & Mussolini is from Italy, as their respective countries doesn’t have tigers, so I doubt whether they have ever seen one in actual forest yet their quotes are perfect description of the striped specie which is apex of wildlife in our country as well that of wildlife tourism also & so is on social media! Of late my regular readers (well there are a few such) must be thinking I am obsessed by the tigers that too Tadoba tigers then though I am not obsessed but when it’s about wildlife then you can miss these two i.e., tigers & tadoba & I use this combo the way Doctors use a particular case for case study which is helpful for many critical cases ahead. Tadoba on one side is one of the most successful case studies for conservation of tigers then on the other side it shows us the hurdles ahead also in the conservation process which is not complete yet! Frankly all such sharing’s, they just happened to be on the backdrop of tadoba & the experiences could have been from anywhere just because I am closely associated with tadoba & like Paparazzi's chase celebrities only (not you & me) & tadoba is like Bollywood of wildlife & tigers here are celebrities so the sharing’s happens to be about tadoba tigers more is simple analogy I can put forward!

So, recently in tadoba two male tigers called Bajrang & Chota Matka fought & one got killed eventually in this fight at the same time one tigress named Maya which has been star attraction of tadoba as she used to be roamed around on road freely making tourists happy by her sighting, went on missing for nearly three months & declared by forest dept as dead eventually (supposedly)! With due respect to the forest dept’s system of numbering the tigers & not calling them by names which mostly are given by the locals, I still prefer to use names as that makes me more attached to the species! The first incident happened near a village in the buffer of tadoba & many villagers witnessed this fight of male tigers where the Bajran got killed by Chota Matka, who also got injured in the fight but thankfully survived! As well, search for missing tigress Maya is going on more than a month & forest dept has found remnants of tiger body which has been sent for DNA testing to confirm its of Maya only. On the social media both these news has been trolled, shared, debated (as usual) & you will say what’s big deal, tigers fight, so does street dogs & one tigress went missing & died, that’s nature & I don’t disagree with this stand of the most & there are far more numbers who doesn’t even took cognizance of these two news, so be it!

My sharing is for those who love wildlife & not just photographing it & for those who are ignorant about wildlife or their responsibility regarding the same! As somewhere Bajrang’s death in fight with Chota Mataka is related to our ignorance about wildlife at large as well Maya’s death if it’s not natural, to make us aware is my sharing! At the start, let me confess, my views or sharing about such incidents in the wild are the outcome of my exposure to wildlife, observation, information from people related to wildlife & my engineering logic, I may be wrong & people may differ from my opinion but object is awareness & not to blame some entity! Here I will share wordings about Maya & Bajrang’s case on FB without disclosing names just to give you an idea about the opinions on posts about them…

xxxx ji problem is not with glorification of single tigress. Problem is poor monitoring of tiger. She went missing since long time but search operations were carried out only after tourists started shouting that Maya is not to be seen anywhere. Why department needs tourists to tell this?

yyyy ji, there are over 100 tigers in TATR Landscape. Conservation does not mean that each one of the tigers is monitored on a daily basis.

For conservation to be effective, the total number of tigers in the landscape must remain a healthy constant or even increase.

Why aren't the tourists concerned about say some T53? Because that particular tiger may not be boldly walking on the road or may not be providing good photo opportunities.

Conservation is a science that needs to be understood by all of us and the role of tigers in an ecosystem should then be communicated to the other friends who have never been exposed and fascinated by our wilderness. Or else the wilderness is at stake and will soon be lost to development along with all its occupants - and not just a photogenic single tigress or tiger.

And this is just a zalak, a lot more has been going on!

About Bajrang’s death, though many will say it’s natural that two male tigers fight over territory & one is going to die or maim (Master Funakoshi); yet I will say that there is a third way too which is one of the tiger retreats & finds another area of forest as his territory. Those who don’t understand territory for them, every tiger has his own area demarcated just we have our farm lands & it doesn’t allow other tiger to enter in that area, just the way we also don’t allow another person or families to enter in our farmland to plough or harvest it! And in case some tiger’s ventures in to other tiger’s territory if its accidently then a warning is given by growling or mock attack but if the tiger wants to take over or invade another tiger’s territory then there is a fight to death. This is because in the society of humans there is a judicial system as well as an enforcement system which isn’t the case with the tigers so they have to make justice by their own self! Now, if this is nature & which is in place for hundreds or thousands of year that is ok but in last hundred years human named specie has intruded in the nature under the name of needs, growth, development & whatever we call it & this may not have directly related to the fight of two male tigers but we have reduced the space (read as forest) which is necessary for balancing the tiger population & now it’s not there so the fights have increased! Because on one side we are making Project Tiger where tigers are secured from humans but what about the increased population of these tigers, where is the space for them & this is why the present project tigers are now in reality are like open Zoos (with due respect to the authorities)! Unfortunately, only difference between Project Tiger & a Zoo is, in a Zoo if a tigress gives birth to cubs those cubs also remain caged in the Zoo but here, the new born tigers when grow either must fight for space with existing tiger or retreat & move out in the human’s jungle i.e., urban settlements around the project tiger forests’ & try to survive, in both cases outcome for such tiger is death, this is point of my sharing!

As take a look at the details about the fight between Bajrang & Chota Mataka, both are the tigers of such age which has no reason to die by natural death such as age or inability to hunt so going in some other tiger’s territory, so this is not natural death! Bajrang as per the locals as well forest dept’s guides & tourists’ inputs was of age some eight years & has been trying to settle in his own area but from every area he has been driven away by some dominant tiger & before the final fight he was trying to make kill that too of cattle in the area where Chota Matka was ruling! Both tigers were hunting cattle because both has been driven away from main forest by younger tigers & find easy to survive by killing cattle but when there also some other partner is introduced, well tigers are not social animals this also is nature & the result was fight to live & over cattle which is owned by humans, do we still call this as nature!!

About Maya’s death (if it's true) then she too was young to die naturally & her problem was there were nearly four male tigers roaming around means if she gets pregnant & has cubs then she will have to protect them from four tigers as another nature of a male tiger is it usually kills cubs from other male tiger, this is sheer nature1 So, last two litters of Maya has been killed by some or other male tigers in her area & she must have moved away at a secure place for pregnancy & got killed in the process from tigress in that area or again in process of protecting cubs from male tiger she must has lost life, if it's not a natural death! These are 'ifs & buts’ but as Maya used to live in a core area which is protected forest we can only guess why she has been moved from her own territory which she has retained for so many years will remain a misery & that’s not nature for sure! And then why four male tigers needed to be crowded within territory of one tigress is also we have to think over instead blaming nature, right?

This means if we are successful in making tigers grow in Tadoba forest is the good news then we are failing to provide the tigers the space they need to survive is my point of sharing & for that we can’t hold forest dept alone responsible. Forest dept is doing their all possible & one major thing they have done at tadoba is making humans there used to live along with the tigers & this is why Bajrang & Mataka could fought with each other’s even when their prey was owned by humans & at least one of them survived or else had it been fight with the humans then both would have been dead! Just by calling the death of a few tigers as nature won’t make us able to avoid our responsibility towards wildlife as every day, we are reducing space owned by tigers in every possible way is a bitter truth! Guys try to understand, if some human’s family resides in a 2 bhk flat & has one kid, & when another new member is born in the family then if we are unable to buy a 3 bhk flat to accommodate the new member then we make both siblings share one room & teach them to live that way but that’s what makes us humans & that is our nature but a tiger family can’t live with our ways of nature & outcome we are witnessing in the form of increased fights among tigers! High time to make tigers our family members & work on making them able to live by their nature rather than expecting them to learn our culture or way of living & for that lets take a pledge together, “No More Dead Bajrang;” adios with this note!

Sanjay Deshpande

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Air Pollution, Government & Real Estate's Neck!

“People crushed by laws have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous” … Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of Parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party. Well, a philosopher & a statesman (politician), “baat kuchh hajam nahi huai” (read as, illogical) but maybe that’s why the Great Britain (then great) could become great as when the rulers are philosophers too then only, they can make rules which makes sense & in the benefit of people at large. Here rule means laws as well policies or just say the way you rule the people! You may have guessed where this is heading as one more (after a long time though) about policies & that too about the real estate & anarchy (law-lessness) in this industry courtesy everybody associated with it but mainly to the govt i.e., the rulers!

Since the last few days, the media has been repeatedly printing news of air quality deterioration in cities across the country, it started from Delhi & reached to our Pune city & Pimpri-Chinchwad, we will call it as Pune region for reference. Media always needs something which people like to read & instead going for the reason behind it may be Pandemic or Pollution. And as usual govt which is most insensitive to plea (read as suggestions) from the people which really matters, & only reacts immediately to the head-lines of media & as anticipated outcome is, “hang that person whose neck fits in the rope’s noose,” this is how policies related to real estate are framed because real estate’s neck gets fitted in every govt’s noose! Those who don't know this phrase, please do read Panchatantra stories (folk stories about society & life), in one of the stories the Raja hangs a person which has nothing to do with crime but only because his neck matches with the size of the noose of the rope with which the real criminal was supposed to be hanged! Here as usual for the crime named pollution, common man (I won’t dare to write innocent as that itself a crime to call builders innocent) or say industry is real estate & if some local body (read as PMC/PCMC. MMC) has come up with guidelines at ongoing construction sites, then some another local body has asked to stop the construction for a weeks’ time. As usual, many will say what’s big deal, construction sites do cause air & noise pollution, look at the dust they generate all the time & the sound of digging as well their machinery is intolerable, so it’s good. And then it's these builders only who cut the trees for their profits (read as buildings), yes, they need to be stopped forever (sarcasm)!

And then Hon Courts across the country also have come down heavily on the governing local bodies for taking effective steps on curbing or controlling air pollution, so they must make a show at least! I have full respect for the environment (and respect for Hon Courts too) but I won’t allow my emotions to rule the facts, that’s how you make policies or laws whatever you call it! Let me clear at the start, I care for the environment & nature not just around me but around the globe & yet taking emotional actions & by making erratic policies we won’t ever be saving the environment but will end up destroying it more! The construction sites do cause air pollution & sound pollution & so does hundred other activities, take example of firecracker burning as the Hon. Court has also asked police & local bodies to stop or control burning of firecrackers, tell me, how many cases has been filed for the same on a single person in last week which was Diwali week. And if Court accepts fire crackers should not be used then why local bodies allow its sale in the first place rather, they earn money by allotment of the Fataka Stalls & proudly announce the figures of income generated from these auctions! At the same time Court has told time limit for fire crackers burning & to my knowledge it was only for two hours i.e. 8 pm to 10 pm & the scene was, all the day & night Pune’s sky was full of fire crackers & smoke they generated, is our entire govt system blind & deaf not to see or hear any such firecracker burning, then why no actions has been taken & instead its only real estate’ construction sites are being targeted, answer is simple, our ( I have to remind myself, I am yet a builder too) neck fits in every noose & we don’t protest as we know nobody is going to listen to our protest! Pune region has nearly 80 lakh private vehicles out of which even 70% if are on road then imagine the pollution being caused due to emission of CO i.e. carbon monoxide & this is because time & again the govt has failed to provide a proper public transport as well road network, but why we are not banning sell of vehicles or stopping production of conventional fuel using vehicles; why we are not asking Mercedes, Tata, Mahindra & Bajaj to shut down their factories for Diwali week as well ban on sale of all vehicles for Diwali week, is the question I want to ask to authorities! Answer is simple: their neck is far too large for the noose of govt's rope & real estate’s neck is easy as well it's easy too to break, that’s why!

Then let’s take a look at other policies of govt which are directly perpendicular for their cry (read as efforts) to curb pollution, such as increasing density of homes on Metro corridor just to make Metro in profit but this is going to increase constructions all in & around city centre, doesn’t it mean more avenues to air pollution, what about such two-faced behaviour of the govt! At the same time to accommodate these buildings & infra it will need, we will have to cut the existing big tree’s cover in the city which again is the main reason of increased air pollution, who is going to pay (read as get hanged) for this? As well we have weird policies to plant trees as per age of the trees we will be cutting, wow, & we don’t have space to plant new trees as we have to accommodate car parks & two wheelers which again are needed as per govt’s policies,’ but we will hold only real estate responsible for all this pollution, guys to whom you are fooling! As I said, keeping full support for all the authority’s efforts regarding air pollution control, what we should do is take in confidence all concerned experienced (and wise people) & then make a long-lasting effective policy rather than just running around in all directions! As, one fine morning you open a newspaper or WhatsApp chat box & you come to know about new guidelines about your own industry regarding pollution control, this is not right way of governance, is my point! The solution is three-fold, first try to curb air pollution emission at source, second is efforts to clean up polluted air & third is making policies which will be long lasting (read as practical) on pollution front!

Guys, pollution is a complex subject & it’s like a multi-faced demon & its we only as a society which gives faces to that demon, so just by cutting one head of the demon is not going to solve the problem, lets unite by taking each other in confidence & then no enemy is invincible, till then real estate be ready to get the noose tightened around our neck for the crimes which others are making, adios with this note!

Sanjay Deshpande

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Team India's Journey in the World Cup 23 & My Learnings!

“Remember these three things always, first we will fight every ball, no matter we are bowling or batting. Second, focus & give our 100% efforts. Third, keep smiling & enjoy the game, that's important than any win or loss”... Rashid Khan to his Afghan Cricket Team mates before match.

“Pretension before match is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Sanp out of it. Recognize your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is, liking what you see in the mirror every morning”... Virat Kohli on 35th b’day.

“One bad match & I will be the worst captain”… Rohit Sharma about his winning streak in the world cup.

Champions don't ride on luck; they make their luck ride on them… Me.

By the time you will be reding this piece. On of the three things might have happened, India might have been in the finals (this has happned), or got out of tournament by losing semifinal to New Zealand or even has become world champion by winning the final! Well, I am referring to ICC men’s world cup tournament of fifty overs cricket which is going on in our country & is in final stage now! Though as I have shared earlier there are cricket haters also but this country loves two things most, cinema & cricket is a fact even die-hard cricket haters also can’t deny, so be it! Speaking about myself, I love sports & I used to be a die-hard cricket fan by myself, not anymore may be over dosage of it or maybe I have aged yet it’s a team sport & I follow it for the learnings I get through the process of following it. Tomorrow ( I wrote this piece on 14^th Nov) will be D-Day for team India as often in last decade we have been boss when its two or three country tourneys but when it’s an event of all cricket playing top seeded countries then our challenge comes to an end in the rounds or in the qualifiers is the recent history! This is the object of my sharing & the way team India has approached to this Olympic of limited over cricket till now in this tournament. As we have won all the league matches & we are only team to achieve this feat in this world cup as every other team has been made to face defeat by some team & in many instances even by the team which is way below in ranking & in experience. This is something we can learn from the tournament & on that background team India winning all the matches is special! Only other team which has achieved this is team Australia & twice they have done it & now our team is in that league if being undefeated in the round matches & that is one sign of champions!

That way it’s just fifteen odd countries play officially this game & out of that only ten has qualified for the world cup, so in the rounds every team has to play nine matches each & top four team reaches to semi-finals! Joke is top teams like Pakistan which is having No. 1 rankings is out in rounds itself, so is England which is regaining champion & teams like Australia & South Africa has been defeated by the teams which are supposedly way below par than them such as Bangladesh & Netherlands & Afghanistan, this is why to follow cricket is interesting as it can give life’s lessons along while you enjoy the game! To watch the teams, play with each other is like watching a live class room of efforts, skill, dedication, strategies, hardships, determination & taking advantage of luck or throwing your luck away, so many things this game teaches you. For e.g., Team like Netherland beat S. Africa which is like rampaging other teams & is way better than Netherlands team which has players who are playing this game as part time activity. There is a teacher , a plumber, an online delivery boy & such who has made Netherlands cricket team & yet they could beat team like South Africa which has not just experience but skills, professional approach to the game & in this tournament such histories were repeated with teams like England, Pakistan, Shri Lanka, Australia but not with team India!

Read the words of Rasheed Khan who is one of the only two experienced players from the team Afghanistan while addressing to his players most of them couldn’t even speak English, he urges them to focus on game, give your hundred percent & most importantly keep smiling i.e., enjoy the game first, rather than focusing on winning the game, don’t you think this philosophy is what all management gurus’ across the world throws at us all the time! Well, here is live example of it what this approach can make to the game, a team of men which don’t have a proper government rather a country which lives under constant threat of war & terrorism, that country’s team was in the race to reach qualifiers till end literally chocking the teams way above them in rankings & experience & resources! What this scenario teaches you, it taught me, instead crying for what I don’t have , I must focus on the job at hand, & try giving my best to my job! This attitude of Afghan team taught me, sports (read as life) is not always about power or experience or might or ranking, it’s about & who plays best on that day & enjoys playing also can win! This taught me, history is important but it’s never permanent & can be written new on every day when you enter the ground. The teams like Afghan & Netherlands taught me, however powerful our opponent may be yet if we stick to our skills, we can defeat him. At the same time after losing first two games respectively teams like Australia & S. Africa got awakened & bounce back winning all their remaining games & making it to finals but other teams followed the downslide & never recovered! This taught me, never to underestimate my opponent ( in life, its situation) & never to take a game granted, as well a defeat can make two things to me, either it can demoralize me making me meet my next defeat faster or it can make me identify about the mistakes I am doing & make me able to overcome them & win next games, choice is mine!

Referring to team India’s performance, we witnessed some great wins as well every player contributed till now & this is what a team is meant to be as you can’t depend of some names all the time, even if they may be God for you! When you call a bunch of people as team then every member must understand his (or her) role & try to give justice to that role to fullest & then usually you win, which is happening with team India! This is why its not just some great names may it be some batsman alone is making runs or some star bowler only is taking wickets but everyone is contributing, that’s how you keep winning most of the times at present! For years team India has always been dependent, sometimes physically or sometimes mentally on one or two names & if that player preforms below par, then the team used to go down like house of cards, no more that scene is now! If you take a keen look, then on both the times, we have won the world cup in 1983 & 2011, both those times all the members contributed with whatever their role was, which is happening now & that’s how you can win nine games in row! And when every member is contributing then every player is relaxed to play freely his natural game which is the key to success & this is applicable to our day-to-day work also in our respective work places. As when every member is doing his duty well & with dedication suddenly the workload doesn’t seem so hard, this is just the way Lord Krisha lifting Govardhan Mountain story form our Hindu Mythology, where every villager contribute & they actually could lift a mountain under leadership of Lord Krishna!

And when all these things you do in the right way beyond that there is a thing named luck which is always there & that’s agreed as you don’t have control on it but luck works both ways, it actually never is partial. Rather most of the times this luck guy sits on compound & keep throwing its weight on both sides, the side which is ready to catch their share usually win, I think all team India needs to do is be ready for their catch of luck! Speaking about me, whether India win world cup or not that does matters to me as I am an Indian but let me tell you, the way our team has played till now, I am super happy & proud for our team, as well has learnt many things for myself & my team, & I think that’s the best result!

*By now while I completed this sharing team India already was in process of building a big total in the semifinal with Virat making his 50^th One Day Hundred, the only man to reach there, so keeping fingers crossed & enjoying to watch team India enjoying their game!

Sanjay Deshpande

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