The Himalayan brown bears have not been seen in Kargil and Dras for over a decade. But several years after the war, they are slowly making a comeback. Researcher Niaz Khan sets out to study them and help local communities learn more about their often unwelcome neighbour.
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Bahar Dutt
Bahar Dutt is an award-winning environment journalist and conservation biologist, ex environmental editor at CNN News18, and currently teaching at the Shiv Nadar University
Vijay Bedi
Emmy-nominated Vijay Bedi is an acclaimed photographer and filmmaker, who has also won the national award for several films including The Secret Life of Frogs and The Stork Saviours.
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We are a driven group of people from diverse backgrounds, bound by an abiding love for India’s natural world.
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