# include(sneha.h)

Like how majestic things have always attracted me, the waves called out to me, loud. Water, as we already knew, has been a glorious reason which never failed to lift my spirits. And I had never learnt to say “No” to what could easily destroy me. It was the time and place we had always longed to be. The perfectness of our union, our esprit de corps was enviable. And as you sat there looking loved, I paid no heed to the concern in your tone. Alas, I was the kid and you were grown. I knew that mirth on your face is something I would never live without. I drifted merrily, enjoying the pull as you were trying to balance us out. Your caution was trivial for me before the alluring sea. And horrifically, my destiny called with forceful glee.. As I got swallowed in bits, the ashen look on your face was something I feared seeing because that meant your grip was loosening. I was slowly disappearing into the wicked wrath of that ill-fated destiny.. I knew I deserved abyss. But wasn’t I too young t

Acres of newsprint have and are still being devoted to the Tiger Woods story even in India. What is appalling is that when our country is facing an even graver threat of the possible extinction of its national animal, it is indeed heartbreaking that the wrong ‘Tiger’ gets wider coverage. The 'real' tiger’s missing stripes,sadly, get lesser attention. At the turn of the 20th century, according to sources, India had an estimated 40,000 tigers in the wild. Tigers are threatened by a combination of poaching, habitat loss from development. In 2002, based on pug mark census, this number was 3,642. As per the monitoring exercise by Wildlife Institute of India in association with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Government of India using camera traps, in 2008 we were left with only 1,411 tigers. There are more tigers in wildlife parks and zoos today than there are in the wild, which goes to prove how much support zoological parks provide for endangered species of the world