Sunderbans: the jungle you can’t step on!
Enjoy our other Blogs - MoAnRa Stories | MoAnRa Speaks Sunderbans By Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar A very different landscape awaits, as one embarks on a journey to the Sunderbans . The trees seem like short stout all bones exposed giants wading through the waters to get you. People are not allowed to land on any of the islands other than the areas specified by the government. The fishermen die in huge numbers every year as the tiger makes a swift meal of them. The tigers here are said to be expert swimmers, agile and almost ghost like when they make a kill, along with being expert manipulators. A fishing boat was once picking up crabs from the sand banks ( which is illegal ) and they caught sight of a tiger. The tiger seemed to be uninterested and retreating to the jungle so the men continued. Almost in a jiffy the tiger pounced on one of them and dragged its prey into the jungle. So once you meet the tiger on land or in the waters close by, end of st...