Setting a Pench mark: A wild ride in Madhya Pradesh
It’s July, and under the cover of monsoon clouds, our car continues towards Kohka, a village on the forest periphery. From Nagpur, we have taken National Highway 7, which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari. The road cuts through the Pench National Park, close to the Turia gate near Khawasa village in Seoni District, Madhya Pradesh. After a three-hour drive, we reach the Kohka Wilderness Camp. Right behind it lies the Kohka lake, which sets the camp apart from the core forest area. Groves of bamboo and teak trees here create a haven for sunbirds and Asian Paradise flycatchers….
Mother Nature & Kohka Wilderness Camp
Where animals run on the roads, where you can see the sky for miles, where trees sway to embrace you, where innocent smiles and shy faces gaze at you—this is the world of the little village of Kohka near Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh…….. Click Me! Click Me!
Ex-banker striving to change fortunes of MP Pench village
Nagpur: People living in Mumbai often find peaceful village life too dull and return to the hustle and bustle of the metro. Sanjay Nagar (52) may be an exception. Taking voluntary retirement after stints in two top foreign banks, he has been finding solace in social work for the last five years in villages of Pench area of Madhya Pradesh, 95km from here …… Click Me! Click Me!
FORMER BANKER ON A MISSION TO TURN AROUND THE LIFE OF TRIBALS
Every day we witness that our lives have always been encumbered and entangled in numbers. The highest percentage in school, the figures of GDP growth rate, the fall of the stock market or the millions who died in a year. Although seemingly logical by their outlook, numbers often reduce even the most genuine human lives and emotions to just a basic fact, leaving us vulnerable to the core. Constantly enamoured by this fact, Sanjay Nagar, a former banker, quit his comfortable city life and job to pursue his hobby of wildlife photography and set up a resort in
This Former Banker Quit His Job to Educate Underprivileged Children in Madhya Pradesh Villages
Sanjay Nagar, the founder of the Kohka Foundation says his goal in life is help create more role models like Geeta who go on to achieving great things in life. The foundation which currently operates in the tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh, covers 25 villages which share about six schools. The foundation, through a slew of programs provides Secondary School students coaching required for them to do well in their Boards…….. Click Me! Click Me!
The Kohka Foundation empowers tribal communities living in and around the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Tribal communities in India have traditionally lived in close association with forests. However, what was once considered sustainable extraction of forest resources can no longer be viewed under the light of peaceful coexistence. Tribal dependence on forests is being increasingly seen as leading to forest degradation and depletion, and thereby continuing a vicious cycle of poverty and suffering……. Click Me! Click Me!
बैंकर की नौकरी छोड़ आदिवासी बच्चों का भविष्य सवांरने में जुटा चार्टेड अकाउंटेंट
कोलकाता में उन्होने पढ़ाई की, पेशा उनका चार्टर्ड अकाउंटेंट (Chartered Accountant) का था, काम उन्होने बैंकर के तौर पर किया और नौकरी उन्होने मुंबई में की। उस शख्स ने जब अपने आसपास शिक्षा की बदतर हालत को देखा तो उन्होने अपनी अच्छी खासी नौकरी को छोड़ आदिवासी और गरीब बच्चों को पढ़ाने का जिम्मा उठाया। पिछले 5 सालों से ऐसे बच्चों को पढ़ा रहे संजय नागर (Sanjay Nagar) फिलहाल करीब ढाई सौ बच्चों को पढ़ाने का जिम्मा उठा रहे हैं। साल के 365 दिन बच्चों को पढ़ाने का वो ये काम अपने संगठन ‘कोहका फाउंडेशन’ (Kohka Foundation) के
…आदिवासियों के लिए बैंक की नौकरी छोड़ शुरू किया एनजीओ
कोहका (मप्र)(जेएनएन)। संजय नागर ने अपनी बैंक की नौकरी छोड़ कोहका फाउंडेशन शुरू किया जो मध्यप्रदेश के आदिवासी क्षेत्र में सेकेंडरी स्कूल के छात्रों को शिक्षित करने में मदद करती है। एक छोटे से गांव की निवासी गीता के पास बच्चों को उच्च शिक्षा दिलाने में मदद के लिए संसाधन हैं। लेकिन एनजीओ कोहका फाउंडेशन के विभिन्न शिक्षण कार्यक्रमों का हिस्सा होने के कारण गीता के संभावनाओं में नाटकीय रूप से परिवर्तन हो गया। परिणामस्वरूप राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर वह हैंडबॉल खेलने गयी और बोर्ड की परीक्षा में 70 फीसद अंक प्राप्त किए। आज वह जबलपुर के कॉलेज से
This banker quit his cushy job to groom tribal kids
At 45 years of age, Sanjay Nagar took a decision that changed his life. He quit his job to work for the tribals in the area around the Pench Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh. Passionate about nature and photography, Sanjay went to Pench as a tourist and saw the miserable condition of the people of village Kohka…….. Click Me! Click Me!
Review of Kohka Wilderness Camp
Which is your favourite kind of holiday? Well mine is definitely seeing wildlife as I believe that going into the jungles is a matter of fortune. When I recently received an invitation to experience the Kohka Wilderness Camp, I did not think twice before saying yes and looking back, it has certainly been among my best travel experiences in recent times…….. Click Me! Click Me!
On the ‘Wild’ Side: A review of Kohka Wilderness Camp in India
Which is your favourite kind of holiday? Well mine is definitely seeing wildlife as I believe that going into the jungles is a matter of fortune. When I recently received an invitation to experience the Kohka Wilderness Camp, I did not think twice before saying yes and looking back, it has certainly been among my best travel experiences in recent times…….. Click Me! Click Me!
SOCIAL MEDIA
Wrapped up another fun trip. This time it was Kohka on the periphery of Pench tiger reserve. No, we didn’t spot a tiger, but we made lovely memories filled with laughter, scary tactics (Ankita Javle and I clearly scared the wildcats away), and authentic tribal food. @kohkawilderness spoilt us crazy with pumpkin and sesame papad, baigan bharta and moong vadi sabzi. I tasted mahua for the first time – with a pinch of salt, wedge of lime and a chilli it was potent to say the least. But the peg of the story is really something else, and I can’t wait to write it. We talk about how backward rural in India is, but there is a group of youngsters working toward changing that in this region of Madhya Pradesh. Watch this space for more. #kohka, you surprised me.