An Indian Summer
A lone kiang
crosses a
cold desert
in Leh.
A dhole fi nds a
Bengal monitor
lizard near a
waterhole in
Pench.
In the high Himalaya,
a pair of Black-necked
Cranes take off from
an unfrozen river.
TThe juicy he juicy
ffruit of the ruit of the
mmahuaahua tree tree
rripens in ipens in
ssummer.ummer.
A troop of
langurs fi nd
shade in
Ranthambhore.
26 SANCTUARY ASIA, 2017 MAY
MIHIR JOSHI
GAURAV SHIRODKAR
ANISH PATKI
MOHAMMED KASIM
PHOTOFEATURE