Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Fear of Failure & Moms' Bday!

 













--

--

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.”
 Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. And like all genius he was also intrigued with suicide & has written extensively on the subject! BTW, Mom’s bday & Suicide of youngsters, weird mix of topic, isn’t it? You will frown for sure but somehow while I was writing to my mom on her 80th bday (a mile stone) I came across news about IIT’s / IIM’s taking efforts about restricting suicides of their students & I personally felt mom’s role is very important on this aspect than anybody else so I mixed it up in this sharing! Well, suicide is a very emotional subject & personal too, at the same time I am not at all a right person to comment on these aspects as personally I am emotional but I believe in controlling them & not to get controlled by the emotions! It's a tough thing to understand & even tougher to adopt, which I keep trying always, but that’s not the subject! Point is, in the last six months more than ten students from the only two above-mentioned institutes, have decided to end their lives for reasons known to them only but at large we can say pressure of success or say career! And not just IMI or IIT but very recently one cadet from the NDA (plz google for all short-forms) an institute which is supposed to make toughest of the officers which will be ready to give their live in the line of duty i.e. Armed Forces, killed himself & sure he too was not the first taking such step during training of NDA! Well, there has been suicide attempts all over the world & even the so-called successful men & women have chosen this way of ending their lives but opting for ending life option when you journey in the practical world has not even started, that’s something alarming & not right, which is why I thought of taking this subject along with mom!

First & foremost, what must be happening in the minds of these youngsters who have battled successfully to get through competition of millions of students & reach in institutes like IIM, IIT or NDA, is something worth studying(and thinking also). You have brains, you have ability to slog, you have determination, you must be a good reader because all these qualities are a must (in most candidates) to crack entrance exams of these institutes, yet when you get in here then you break-down to such level that you feel ending life is the easiest way out, why? The answer lies (my version) in two-fold things, one is you get burnt out or exhausted till you reach at this stage i.e. qualifying entrance exams of these institutes & getting in & your mental barriers has taken so much hits that even a small act can make you collapse & outcome is ending self-life! Second version is, your expectation’s level from your own self along with the society (people around you) that you crumble under it. It's like fear of always coming first which a topper only can understand. In simple words, first is clearing the entrance exam to IIT, second is again keeping the lead in that institute & third is, getting good placement while you are still learning! And do mind in an institute like IIT or IIM its fight between equals as most of the students which gets in here have fought hard to reach here & are used to do best in their respective groups so keeping yourself in the front of such bunch is more cutthroat & not many can stand that fight as already, they are exhausted!

Here is where the next topic of today’s sharing i.e. Mom's role, comes in to the picture as the institutes may be doing their things for keeping students at peace, the real & the only person which can make the difference to refrain the students not just from suicides but entire negativities of life is your mom! And I am not burdening any mom with this additional responsibility neither I am making any of the moms responsible as no mom ever will wish her son or daughter ending his or her life for any reason & won't train them for such outcome. I am blaming the students (yes blaming) as this genre in the zest of success has forgotten to pay attention to the lessons from the best institute in the world i.e. their mom!  Right from childhood mom is the one who knows her kid best & tries to teach them to survive in the right way in life. She may not be able to teach you maths or chemistry or economics, she may not be smart enough to operate an iPhone or make a PPT on laptop & she may not be even able to read google maps but one thing she knows sure far better than you & that is to stand to the pressure of expectations & digest negative taunts (trolling) from close ones for failures, which she knows is not a failure yet she keeps on! Your mom may be doing a job or just taking care of daily chores of house (I hate the term house wife as it’s an insult the way that term is used, rather House CEO is the right word) she has to stood expectations of every member living in the home & even non-living members also, whom we call a larger family. And these excitations include your own study output, too ironing clothes of your dad to keeping home clean to attending all family events to preparing food as per taste buds of every member & the list is on & on top of it, she doesn’t get paid for any of these jobs but when she fails to deliver as per needs or wish (read as whims) of an individual then she has to accept taunts for her incapability! Guys, just by observing the way your mom does all these things in your home & keep smiling (oh yes, that I forgot to mention, the mom is supposed to be happy & smiling all the time, that’s her prime job in home), this is live tutorial of how to face adversities & overcome them, is what I wanted to tell you today! Guys, I am not any philosopher or social media life Guru to tell you things such as, "life is beautiful, know yourself, let it go or stress is in allowing fear to win you", type things! But I will definitely tell you this, I was lucky to have a mom who knew the way to live & I kept observing her & adopting whatever I can & it has helped me a lot to stay on the right track of life! Because, as have I said already, every mom in itself is an institute of life & we get free admission in that institute & if we fail to learn from her then it's our fault & not of that institute’s! Your mom does want you to come first in every exam but never at the cost of your life, mind this always! Understand what she wants you to become & then you will realize many things about success which you have misread which is the real reason of stress & fear, is what I feel! No exam in life is last & nothing is more precious than your own life as only if you are alive then you can achieve what you want to achieve, is what your mom is silently telling you all along but you turn a blind eye towards her teachings! The time hasn’t run out still, just rewind tape of your times in the past with your mom & watch , listen carefully once again what she was trying to tell you by her actions & may be suicide can take a backseat & you will find an easier way to deal with your problems at hand & trust me biggest gift for your mom is not you coming first in any exam or fat package job you get in the campus interviews but you alive & at peace & happy is her biggest gift which is your responsibility & duty too, to give that gift to her!

Now, the second aspect of my sharing, my letter to my mom, do go through as you may find some answers to problems you are facing, is all I will say & do share with your friends too as he or she may not be as lucky as you to even have a mom in the first place…

 19th Oct 25

Happy Bday!

A Mom is actually like a bank account from which you can keep withdrawing forever & it won’t ever say, “No Balance”…

Aai,

Today on your 80th bday (well, due to shastrachandra darshan ceremony I realized it) above words which I have always used for my one of the most favorite books (bank) Zen Speaks, I thought of using for you. Two reasons, as the book reading habit (passion actually) is a gift by you only & second, if Zen Speaks is a bank for wisdom, then you are a bank for care, love, affection & most importantly rightness! As for different purposes we have different banks yet the aim of banking is supported by lending, so are you & the books too! Today, it’s not important how many years you have completed as thanks to your Cobra genes you were never much fond of the goody-goody or some mushy talks,  & unfortunately you have gifted myself & neeta with that attitude, so let’s cut it off! Aai, this is the generation of thanklessness or say foolish selfishness where kids bluntly tell parents, what’s big deal you have done this or that for us as that’s your responsibility but when it’s time to follow their own responsibility then royally turns a blind eye towards the same & I am lucky that you always taught us for being responsible towards our success as well towards our failure too & that has helped us to keep on the right  track!

Today, I won’t say you did this or your done that for us as the list is too big to cover in any letter but I will like to mention few aspects or qualities which you induced in us (as I am writing on behalf of neeta also) & I am not doing this to flatter you but for those (next genre) who will be reading my words (hopefully)! First & foremost, you wanted us to be successful but not once did I remember that you ever wanted us or asked us to make money! This still remains a big thing for me as it has taught me the importance of success without being blinded by the money aspect of it! At the same time, you made me realize the value for money concept which still stands very much important for me while doing business, that every rupee counts! Then comes aspect of rightness, which is the biggest gift you have given me without you even knowing what you have gifted to me as good & bad keeps changing as per the situation or convenience of a person but right & wrong rarely changes the side & only the upbringing which you made us to live by has done it. Today, may it be messaging in time for not being available for dinner or not choosing easy or fast way to the destination because it’s not right path, all this I am able to do in my little way because you made me able to define my right & wrong & gave me courage to stand by them, without feeling guilty or ashamed or ego!

I know you will say you have done nothing of all these things & you are right, as you were & will be a hard-core teacher & a teacher teaches syllabus without being bias toward the students in the class & from the same class one student can become right guy but another can end up as wrong guy, that’s not fault of the teacher! I was lucky to end up as the right one, because I believed in whatever you taught me or tried to teach me, is all I can say! Yet, let me confess, I was, am not always right & was able to live by what you have expected me to be & I have done wrong things in life, some I can undo, many I won’t ever but today let me confess a few more things! I am not afraid to face the consequences of the wrong things I have done in my life, as I know I did wrong & this doesn’t mean I want to label them right as if I am wrong then I am wrong & I will take that as my learnings & will try to be right as much I can! This part is important for rohit , rohan & other next younger genre I deal with as I will try to be as much right as I can for them so the torch with which you have shown the path to us, I will try to keep it burning when I am the torch bearer! So, if  I say thanks then please take it as a right gesture but I know real thanks which you will be excepting from us is, our actions towards the life which I promise to do my best, as that’s the return gift you will love to have, always!

Sanjay, Neeta, Rohit, Rohan, Paulomi, Kiran, Ketki, Nikhil, Hemangi, my friend circle, team Sanjeevani and yes, Bagira!

-

Sanjay Deshpande 

smd156812@gmail.com

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about finding a Right Home/ Office in Pune, at YouTube link below & share if liked...

 

https://youtu.be/27j3I3rwGPQ?si=-ODYBxVI2Dl_C345

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2024/12/right-home-buying-in-2025.html

https://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025.html


Creating Togetherness; team Sanjeevani Way (Click link below) 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65629150@N06/albums/72157627904681345

For any of your complaints about city, log in at link below

www.punecorporation.org

Think Green, Think Life

www.sanjeevanideve.com / https://junglebelles.in/

Monday, October 13, 2025

Swadeshiwali Diwali, Hon PM & Mr. Trump !!







                                             
















 --

“Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and places you visit, full of books and films you've been to. I'm not afraid of being homesick and having no language to live in. I don't have to be like anyone else. I'm walking on the wall and nobody can stop me.”
 Hugo Hamilton

“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”
 Abraham Lincoln

"Had we not abandoned Swadeshi, we need not have been in the present fallen state. If we would get rid of the economic slavery, we must manufacture our own cloth and, at the present moment, only by hand-spinning and hand-weaving." – Mahatma Gandhi.

Hugo P. Hamilton is an Irish writer, was born and raised in Dublin & no wonder his Irish genes can be seen in the way he put forward his thoughts about independence. And the other two names are like Father of the two countries which is the subject (object) of my sharing & reason is the way things have been happening on the world map recently! Well, I am not an expert on world politics or policies or economics or war but reason of this sharing is an appeal by our Hon PM about Buying Swadeshi goods & obvious the tunes which Hon PM is humming is being chorused by all his disciples i.e. party workers along with State govts which we are witnessing! Joke is, the quotes I used of the rest two greats, Mr Lincoln & Mahatma Gandhi, they both did the same nearly hundred years back for their respective countries & today leaders of both these respective countries are again playing the same song, Deja Wu, is it? While Mr Trump is all guns behind MAGA (Make America Great Again or something, what difference it makes anyway, lol) while our Hon PM has appealed repeatedly to “Use Swadeshi” goods. The only difference is only God knows (which I doubt) what has made Mr Trump suddenly reverse the gears of American philosophy of Openness & Quality in business to Only USA while our PM’s Swadeshi nara (Announcement) is the outcome of Trump's tariff war against our country!

On all such backgrounds, we have Diwali which is a festival of lights & happiness but more than that for the entire country, its Festival of Shopping, benefitting millions of families across the society, making riches richer & poor a shade better! Reason is, for ages Diwali is one festival in this 150 plus crore population country which is celebrated in all regions & States merging the boundaries of castes & religions which otherwise are impenetrable or bulletproof against any force, well one exception is team India’s win in the Cricket tournament! During this period everybody shops something as per his or her budget & the list covers home utensils like Broom (zadu) to IPhone 17 Pro as per the need & budget of respective person. And this shopping is for rituals, to make your loved ones happy & for commercial gains too (gifting) thus making Diwali a biggest turnover time for the markets of every commodity. And this is where our PM’s appeal for Swadeshi matters most as on the background of the tariff bomb which Trump tatya has ignited on us damaging our exports to USA, our Desi goods need buyers or will need buyers, is my understanding! And this appeal of our Hon PM, made me think about this sharing as Buy Swadeshi or Promote Swadeshi is definitely a good thing for the country but a lot is needed to make it reality, is what I wanted to share.

First & foremost, why people (those who can afford) buy a product which is made in the USA (or out of India) is the key question which our rulers (not just present PM) must have asked themselves decades back! The simple answer is, quality & value for money! This doesn’t mean Indian products are bad; rather where ever handmade things are the subject we beat any country in the workmanship but this is age of machines & technology & that means mass production, where we lack against the outside world! And this is not today when markets are open, our love for foreign stuff is there right from our independence, as check earlier Bollywood movies, the villains are usually involved in smuggling of foreign goods, gold to watches to liquor, we were always fascinated by foreign made things! Today also smuggling is there but when you can openly get Black Label whisky in the shop why to worry about smuggled stuff, right? Problem is in our policies towards the business or production at large & failure of “Ease of Doing Business” named joke! I am sorry but today ask any businessman in any commodity, what is his biggest problem & the answer will be govt policies or dealing with govt named system! I am not blaming any particular govt’s dept but the entire system which wants fruits of an Industry but does nothing to ensure the atmosphere or surroundings necessary for right growth of that fruit, something which we call infrastructure!  May it be Auto Industry or IT industry or Agriculture & even real estate (how can I miss it), show me One Window permission or inaugurated supply of the necessary things like water, roads, electricity & yes, law-enforcement, which plays a vital role in mental peace of personnel working in any production system & you yourself will get the answer!

Here, our farmer’s crops get ruined due to dry drought & due to flooding also, & once in a decade I can understand this happening, but every alternate year crops are getting damaged & yet if we blame nature, then we only are at fault & not nature! And, if this is the case of the farmers then the so-called riches of the society (Industrialist) are also not escaped from the wrath of the system if not nature. Right from not having proper roads for their employees to reach at work places to inadequate basic needs like water supply, every front related to businesses is in problem, is a fact which nobody accepts openly (barring few blue-eyed business houses or people who knows how to mend the system). And if business class has some respect, then the people who are involved in making homes (read as builders) don't even have that respect too, & this is the reason why we are failing to provide affordable homes like the basic thing which is hundred percent Swadeshi! Thank God, the Chinese can’t export land or homes here or else even real estate would have been running for life (which is any way doing for a while)! And the on the top of it our laws & tax systems which includes GST, Income tax & hundred types of local taxes & charges & premiums (visit PMC some-day) & their refund system, well then you will realise may it be making a Wada-Paw or a Car, its equally difficult & to sale it in the local market!

And, last but not the least, aspect of Skill-Development as well attitude of the man-power available for any production as this doesn’t happen overnight. Right from the education system to quality of education to its affordability for the masses, so many factors are involved in developing a skilled workforce, & where are we on this front? This is the reason every boy & girl, whoever can afford talentwise or moneywise is running towards USA, Europe or Singapore as the world doesn’t believe in our education system or what? Agreed in any system employee & employer will always have their grudges against each other but scene in the most businesses/ productions is, if on one side industries are not getting right work force then on other side millions of youngsters are jobless, “Daya, Kuch to Gadbad Hai” (plz google for meaning of the phrase)! At the same time attitude (read as awareness) of our countrymen & women towards this aspect of economy is equally important as when our country is being charged heavily on our exports to USA, masses in our country were queuing in front of Apple stores to book new model of IPhone at its launch, what a contrast! What to buy is very individual subject & I don’t want to enter in it but somewhere please do mind, USA or any western country didn’t become great or developed overnight, it's not just govt’s policies also which made it possible for them, but it's everybody’s efforts to make their respective country great has made it possible! And for that each of us must adopt some discipline & ownership of our work at hand, is my point of sharing!

Well, sorry to darken your mood on the occasion of Diwali but Hon PM sir, please look into all such aspects of the society (I am not saying, just businesses) also, while you appeal our countrymen to buy Swadeshi! Sir, we all want to be independent, we all want our country to be strong & fearless against any trade war of any so-called Super Power Country & most of us are ready to stand & fight & deliver just the way our Army does on the border! And just like the Army, we too need our weapons to fight this war of Swadeshi vs USA, & our weapons are, Infrastructure, Right & Clear Policies, Transparency in Working, Speed of Clearances & a Govt with Attitude to Make/ Build something great! Long back, during China War, our then PM has given us a slogan (nara) “Jay Jwan, jay Kisan;” today, it’s time for a new slogan in continuation of the earlier one i.e. “Jay Kamgar, Jay Karkhandar”! Hon PM Sir, that’s the way by which every working hand will have work & every product made here will have a buyer, as that’s the way to be strong & united country & thanks for your appeal as that’s first step & what better Diwali Gift it can be for the entire country where we share what we make, by virtue of gifting or buying, “Happy Diwali Swadeshiwali”!

-

Sanjay Deshpande 

smd156812@gmail.com

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about finding a Right Home/ Office in Pune, at YouTube link below & share if liked...

 

https://youtu.be/27j3I3rwGPQ?si=-ODYBxVI2Dl_C345

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2024/12/right-home-buying-in-2025.html

https://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025.html


Creating Togetherness; team Sanjeevani Way (Click link below) 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65629150@N06/albums/72157627904681345

For any of your complaints about city, log in at link below

www.punecorporation.org

Think Green, Think Life

www.sanjeevanideve.com / https://junglebelles.in/

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

MTDC, World Tourism Day & Wildlife Tourism!

    



 



                                       


                                                          















--

--

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
― Marcel Proust.

“Do go to the forests or else, how you will know what wonderful gift the god has given to mankind, which is our responsibility also”- Me.

Author of the first quote is, Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past). And later words are from Me, & they are my feelings not a quote about wildlife tourism, which is the subject of my sharing. Wildlife has not only given me immense joy but it has also given me an opportunity to do my bit for conservation which in turn has given me lots of satisfaction & more than that, by being associated with wildlife, I have got recognition & honour which as a builder I would have never got! I have no shame for being a builder, rather I am proud of it but unfortunately the image of that profession (real estate) is like a Black-Hole (google for meaning) whatever touches it, that thing also gets painted black, so be it! But wildlife, thanks to the recent flood of self-proclaimed wildlifers & photographers, is an in-thing & Me being tagged with it, gets honours also along, this also I accept with same enthusiasm the way I handle taunts for being a builder! Ok, enough of sociology but in such honour, I got a call from MTDC (Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation) which is our State’s official tourism handling agency about sharing my views with their entire team on the occasion of World Tourism Day, which happens to be on 27th Sept!

You can google about MTDC, so you will understand the scale of their operations, with 29 resorts spread all over Maharashtra, it also has 27 restaurants, 3 Adventure sports centres & 25 experiences, which means expeditions & trust me that's a big volume. And then with backing of govt it’s a trusted name for not just the masses but upper classes of the society also & such organization calling me for sharing my views about wildlife tourism is indeed an honour though I was tense a bit as the audience was team of MTDC from all above centres & to address them means I needed to be thorough. The problem with engineering profession is they don’t teach you how to give service while tourism is hundred percent service industry yet with whatever travels I have done for my work but more for wildlife I tried to formulate few pointers & then to go on sharing my views about the same, so will cover in that fashion only…

1.What is tourism or why do people travel?

In any service industry it’s a must to understand the purpose of service as well as what your clients want from that service as then only you can deliver whatever he or she expects from you in a righter way. People travel for many reasons but when we are referring to tourism, it’s not mere travel but the goal in simple words is have a break from routine & some good time spend with self or the company along. This is where tourism is different from business travels or some event-oriented travels or say career related travels. And once we know this then the person coming to any resort of MTDC is here to have some relaxed time so our entire setup should act for this one goal, may it be room service or food or any assistance to the guest, we must try to make the guest feel good & nice so he will come back again!

2. Wildlife Tourism

When the purpose of tourism is wildlife, which is core subject of today’s sharing then this is very recent trend in tourism as there has been famous destinations since long for wildlife across our biodiversity rich country but the tourists there were fix & repeat classes & not the masses, because we haven’t yet understood the potential or true fun of wildlife tourism! Many people know Kanha, Ranthambore, Corbett when it's wildlife tourism, though most of them have never gone there or just a single safari (ride in the forest) type visit, as the first question which many people ask about wildlife is, what to do there! And then for sake of curiosity if some tourists visit the forest but unlike Goa or Dubai, they rarely visit the forests again as the second question is, what to see again at Kanha or Corbet (add Tadoba in the list now), we have been there already! These two questions organizations like MTDC need to take as the biggest challenge in front of entire wildlife tourism as if we can answer these questions & promote them in the right way then wildlife tourism is a treasure which will never go dry but we must make masses aware about it. As in the wildlife, not just every day but every morning, afternoon & evening is new & can give us immense joy or pleasure which are the two main reasons for which we travel as tourism, but most of us are ignorant about this aspect of wildlife tourism! For e.g. I have been visiting places like Kanha & Tadoba for the last twenty years & each time I am more excited to visit them & come back rejuvenated as well with some new knowledge also! So, MTDC via its existing resorts as well as using the media can take on this aspect about awareness regarding wildlife tourism, as there lies the future of revenue also!

3. Identifying Wildlife Tourism Destinations

Our Maharashtra State is blessed with such a wide range of biodiversity (wildlife) that very few States in the entire country can match us on this front. Right from the Central Indian forests like Tadoba to hilly forests of Melghat to evergreen forests of Pench, we have Grasslands in Pune & Solapur & dry forests in Marathwada as well western ghats & Sahyadrian forests in western part of State & we have coastal forests as well with 700km coastline at our service! In short, practically we have some type or many types of forest in nearly every district of which MTDC must take advantage & identify such spots & make resorts there. This will make a two-fold impact, one is revenue increase with low investments as in many places land is available at cheaper rate in comparison to established wildlife centres & other is this way the locals will get earnings which in turn will help to reduce migration of people from these places to the cities! At the same time this will be indirectly a protection to the existing endangered wildlife as all these people involved along with MTDC in wildlife tourism will become protectors of the forests which we have witnessed in & around Tadoba! And this will create more options for the tourists at lower costs, which again is a major aspect of the tourism industry.

4. Encashing the Exiting Wildlife Centres

MTDC was first to enter Tadoba, today which is probably on the top of every wildlife tourist’s list with its resort at Moharli & same is with Melghat in Chikhaldara. When there was no option for accommodations in these places it was MTDC which provided that option but then barring extensions of existing resorts nothing has been done later & while other private players which includes big chains along with individual investors took advantage of popularity of wildlife tourism at Tadoba MTDC’s share in tourism got reduced. When MTDC opened its resort at Moharli in Tadoba there were only 3 gates to enter into the forests & today there are 22 gates for entering in Tadoba but MTDC still has only the same one resort. It must take lead & have its satellite resorts on all sides of Tadoba as this will increase in revenue of MTDC at the same time it will provide earning to more locals as well value for money option to the tourists which at present are paying highly for the accommodations to the private players which operates only for profits! This approach also must be implemented at all such wildlife destinations!

5. Wildlife Tourism & Infrastructure & MTDC’s Role

The important (or weakest) factor in wildlife tourism is, as most of these spots are remote & cut off from urban facilities the infrastructure which is an essential aspect for tourism & is either missing or is poor at wildlife destinations. And this is why many tourists refrain from repeating the trips at wildlife spots. And obviously as tourism itself is a service industry but to train the staff is a big headache & then to make them visit & stay at these places is a real challenge where MTDC can make a difference as it has govt’s backing. MTDC can take lead & start training institutes at District level all over the State in collaboration of local or central professional institutes so staff of all types i.e. from cook to waiters to janitors will be available & it will not only help in getting local youngsters earning avenues by skill development it will reduce the overheads burden also of the resorts, thus we can lower the tariffs, means more tourists! At the same time take example of forests such as Tadoba, Pench, Nagzira & Umred Karhandala which are 90km to 100 km distance from Nagpur where most tourists come as a connecting hub for wildlife tourism. But connectivity from Nagpur to all these places is an issue & the only rational way is private taxis which costs a lot, breaking the budget for a family of four people. Here again, MTDC can take lead & by joining hands with State Transport can arrange an AC Bus Shuttle to all these destinations from Nagpur, thrice a day at least. This will definitely help tourists in saving money as well as comfort level also which is an important aspect in tourism. Last but not least, today costliest aspect in wildlife tourism is Safari tickets & charges, here too MTDC being a govt establishment must tie up with forest dept & get own quota for 15 to 20 peoples mid-size vehicle for safari, which will definitely act as a boon for pockets of middle-class families. Unfortunately, wildlife tourism especially at popular destinations like Tadoba & Ranthambore has been only for rich people, is a fact with the charges of every factor related to it skyrocketing & which is actually cutting off  the masses from this very important segment of tourism. This is restricting common people to visit wildlife destinations thus not only affecting entire economy around these places but keeping large part of the society unaware about importance of the wildlife itself & is a great threat to the forests because you don’t care about the things which you don’t know exists in the first place, that’s why wildlife tourism is so much important & role of MTDC in it!

 This all, only MTDC can do & strike a win-win situation for itself as well for the wildlife though I know it’s a long shot & for many it will be “Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapane” (plz google) but if MTDC won’t do it then who will, is the question I will ask to conclude my sharing!

* You can also watch the sharing at you-tube link below & do share...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aN76v7nV54

-

Sanjay Deshpande 

smd156812@gmail.com

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about finding a Right Home/ Office in Pune, at YouTube link below & share if liked...

 

https://youtu.be/27j3I3rwGPQ?si=-ODYBxVI2Dl_C345

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2024/12/right-home-buying-in-2025.html

https://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025.html


Creating Togetherness; team Sanjeevani Way (Click link below) 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65629150@N06/albums/72157627904681345

For any of your complaints about city, log in at link below

www.punecorporation.org

Think Green, Think Life

www.sanjeevanideve.com / https://junglebelles.in/