How Sharvan Patel Revived Rajasthan’s Wildlife with Khailis Ponds
On a scorching summer afternoon in 2022, wildlife photographer Sharvan Patel stood quietly near a dried-up waterhole at the edge of Rajasthan’s Tal Chappar Sanctuary. The land stretched endlessly before him — brown, cracked, and thirsty. A herd of blackbucks hovered hesitantly around the shallow pit, their hooves sinking into dust. A mongoose darted in,…