Dharmambal Amma

Savitha, my friend, gave me a story. She is the great-granddaughter of this incredible woman. Daughter’s daughter’s daughter … its a rich heritage to have running through your veins. I empathise here …… Continue reading

Shades of Grey

Last evening, I put up a status message on my Facebook page asking people to please wear grey today – August, 12 – to commemorate World Elephant Day. A handful have responded by… Continue reading

Satao – a legend

Originally posted on Mark Deeble:
When I last wrote about Satao, I felt that I couldn’t use his name. I could refer to him only as a ‘magnificent tusker’ or an ‘iconic Tsavo…

Blogging 201 – Branding And Traffic – Day 2 – Audit Your Brand

Statutory warning to readers – There is nothing remotely general interest in this post! Things are going to get a little technical here on! But if any of you would like to follow… Continue reading

Zero To Hero – Day 2 – Edit Your Title and Tag Line

Noooo! Please. Its been such a thorny issue! It took us long enough to figure out what we wanted. And we are happy with it, thank-you very much! Seriously though, it took a… Continue reading

Blogging 201 : Branding and Traffic – Day 1 – Set Three Goals

Well, the very fact that this post is a good 24 hours late makes it pretty easy for us to set some goals here! Lets keep to the point – we need to… Continue reading

Zero To Hero – Day 1 – Introduce Yourself

First for my family and friends who hit the “follow” button when we asked them to follow our thoughts and images … we started this blog more than an year ago (we just paid up… Continue reading

Bahati’s Story

I had to try The Weekly Writing Challenge hosted by wordpress and Vincent Mars.  I always enjoyed Precis Writing in school! Last week’s expedition into Masai Mara gave me the perfect theme!“Jewel eyes… Continue reading

Legal hunting … solution, panacea or murder?

Africa Geographic is one of the pages that I follow on Facebook. An article today prompted from me this post. The AG blog gives all the relevant information … http://blog.africageographic.com/africa-geographic-blog/hunting/kenyan-rangers-moving-letter-to-american-rhino-hunter/I wrote this as… Continue reading

Madiba’s Land

  This is a picture of a map that I found at “Odds & Ends” –  a furniture, antiques and curios store in Nairobi, Kenya. This is a map of Africa. Madiba’s land. We… Continue reading

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