She claimed her space in a difficult profession by just doing what she loves. Now, this wildlife lover is training other women to follow in her footsteps...
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00:00We've sat with the tiger quietly, as it's been in the water.
00:08When I'm in the jungle, I feel I'm at home.
00:15I didn't have to think about it at all.
00:29I've always had this connect.
00:39I was sitting on my dad's lap and he was driving through the jungle.
00:44Just when it had gotten dark, we see a tiger sitting on our path.
00:48My father switched off the lights and we waited.
00:51It was very matter-of-fact.
00:52Initially, they would feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to drive or handle a four-wheel drive.
01:15After a while, they sort of forgot that I became one of the guides.
01:29Naturalists and guides will rely a lot on sound, distress calls from langur or monkeys.
01:37Typically, these big deer, big herbivores will alarm call for anything that eats them.
01:43These are your informants in the jungle.
01:45You know for a fact that there's a tiger or a leopard.
02:07It's very important to involve locals, to become stakeholders in conservation.
02:12Even if one person is involved and is earning a decent, steady income from the park, that's
02:18a whole family that automatically starts to look more kindly when animals injure their
02:25cattle, when animals come and raid their crops.
02:32People who are working in and around the park, they would often say that, you know, we want
02:37you to meet our granddaughters or meet our daughters because we never thought that educating
02:42them would get them any employment opportunities within or near home.
02:56There was a young lady, she had an infant baby with her and she used to attend the training.
03:03She was the guide, her husband used to look after the baby and she would take breaks to
03:07go and nurse the baby.
03:09It's like when people used to say women can't fly a plane, but a skill is a skill.
03:15A woman can be as good a tracker as a male.