Snow Leopards in Bhutan

With a 40% rise in Snow Leopard numbers in Bhutan, both the country and the cat have cause for celebration! Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain. 

Happy World Snow Leopard Day!

Hispid Hares and Forest Fires

Nepal's terai grasslands are home to the critically endangered Hispid Hare, but tiger-centric conservation measures including burning of grasses, is proving to be a survival threat for the species. A Mongabay report calls for more inclusive and diverse habitat management.

Comic for The Hindu Sunday Magazine,  published on 20th April, 2023.

A Rare Media Interview with a Reintroduced Cheetah

A rare media interview with a reintroduced cheetah. From my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

The Cheetah in India Seeks Advice

New to India, the Cheetah seeks advice from a grassland veteran, the Striped Hyena. Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Cheetah Naming Contest

The Government of India has recently announced a cheetah naming contest, to assign names to the eight African Cheetahs introduced to Kuno National Park. The cheetahs thought they'd participate too!

If you have better ideas, you can try your hand at naming cheetahs on https://www.mygov.in/cheetahnames/

The Cheetah Comes to India

Amid much pomp and show, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, African Cheetahs from Namibia will be flown in a specially decorated aircraft to India today, to be reintroduced to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, which was initially prepared to establish a second population of Asiatic Lions. Read all my cartoons on the issue here. 

Big Cats Big Jokes 2022

I first drew a cartoon about a Bengal Tiger and an Asiatic Lion discussing cheetah reintroduction back in 2010, when the idea was first broached. Now that it is just around the corner, it was time for a re-hash.

From my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

Tiger False Eyes

This World Tiger Day, some tiger trivia from my column with Roundglass Sustain on the striped cat's false eyes.

The Snow Leopard does its own stunts

Snow Leopards live life on the edge- literally! Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

The Wildlife Map of South Africa

Diamond and gold may well be South Africa's most valued reserves, but this beautiful country's most invaluable treasure is its wildlife! True to its title of 'Rainbow Nation', South Africa boasts of a biogeography as diverse and complex as its multicultural ethnicity: from the savanna forests of Kruger National Park at one end, home to the Big Five; to the unique Cape Floral Kingdom at the other extreme, home to some of the country's rarest endemics. The topographically diverse nation has been designed to harbour a staggering amount of biodiversity by a few crucial factors: oceanic currents from two oceans that meet at its southern tip, and the Great Escarpment that divides the country into the various biomes that we see on the map: the Karoo scrubs of the northwest, the Kalahari desert in the north, the fynbos coastal ecosystem of the southwest, mountain forests of the south, the Drakensberg highlands shared by SA and Lesotho in the east, and the bushveld and savanna forests of the northeast. 

The map brings together more than a hundred of the country's wild animals in one massive illustration, with a special focus on endemic species. Prints are available on my webstore here, shipped worldwide. For orders within India visit my Indian webstore.

(A big thanks to friends and mentors who have hosted me in South Africa: Swati Thiyagarajan and Craig Foster of Seachange with whom I am working on a very exciting illustrated compilation; and Karishma Pais and Brajesh Bajpai!)

Click on the images below for some close-up snippets:

Leopard Mom

The Leopard mom: a Mothers' Day special comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Collarwaali

A tribute to the tigress Collarwaali from Pench Tiger Reserve, who died at the grand age of 17 recently. I had the privilege of meeting her twice. Cartoon from my Roundglass Sustain column.

Clouded Leopard in Nagaland

Researchers from the Wildlife Protection Society of India have recently sighted a Clouded Leopard at 3700 metres in Nagaland, making it the highest sighting of the species in the world! Nature TV reports live, for my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Cheetah Introduction and the Asiatic Lion

As India prepares to introduce African Cheetahs to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Nature TV News speaks to the dumped ex, the Asiatic Lion. Comic from my column with The Hindu Weekend.

Simlipal's Melanistic Tigers

Odisha's famed 'black tigers' from Simlipal Tiger Reserve have long harboured a genetic secret, finally decoded by the eminent biologist Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan and Vinay Sagar from the NCBS. The genetic mutation is linked to inbreeding and restricted gene flow. Cartoon from my Roundglass Sustain column. 

Bandhavgarh Hot Air Balloon

On Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve launching India's first hot air balloon safari, from my column with The Hindu. 

Shen - The Women of Spiti and Snow Leopards

The Nature Conservation Foundation's initiative 'Shen' is one of the many conservation initiatives in India that demonstrates that the key to both wildlife conservation and mitigation of climate change lies in the empowerment and participation of women. Read more about this initiative and how you can support it here. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

World Tiger Day 2020

Meet just a few of the many animals that have been named after the Tiger, on World Tiger Day! Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain. Can you think of any more?

And here is a World Tiger Day for India's Environment Ministry, which is all set to undo years of conservation with its Draft EIA.

Golden Tiger

Earlier this month, pictures of a Golden Tiger from Kaziranga took over the internet, and what should have been a cause for worry became a cause for celebration. Comic from my column with The Hindu, ahead of World Tiger Day.

Tiger Art Exhibitions

Tiger art exhibitions. Cartoon from my column with RoundGlass Sustain.