The Wandering Cloud I See

This is the story of a man from India who defied the world! This is the story of  Jadav "Molai" Payeng, from Jorhat, Assam, North-eastern India. 1979 floods struck North-eastern India's Assam. However when the flood receded the large number of snakes that were washed on to the sandbar by the flood were stranded. The heat finally got to the stranded snakes! Jadav barely 16 then upon seeing the carnage, sat down and wept over lifeless forms of those reptiles. However for Jadav the story did not end there. He soon realized that the helpless snakes were victim of the missing tree / plant cover as they could not seek refuge in shade to escape heat.  He went on to alert the forest officials. He asked them if they could grow trees over the sandbar. He was told that nothing could grow on that sandbar and asked him if he could try and grow bamboo over there. Guess what! He did! He did it alone!  In his own words "It was painful, there was no one to help...

Different people live differently, they have different dreams and aspirations and I feel it's really dumb to judge people. I would rather be free and wild like Amur Falcon than spend my life in and around a plot of land (I read it as cage!)   Currently am a Ph.D. student (Biological Science, U of A), many ask me for what job options are there after Ph.D. or where do I see myself after 10 years? Well I have no answer most of the times cuz I dont know. Well one thing that I do know is that I will be doing what I love doing: Wildlife Conservation I believe that Wildlife Conservation cannot take place if we do not include the most basic and intricate human traits, if we do not include the needs, the culture of the locals be it tribals or not. A wildlife biologist can be done with biology of the species but for a true wildlife conservationist (depends also on the species/region) there is a need to take a step further. That being said, there have been a few (ra...