Living with leopards in Mumbai's Aarey
An eerie calm pervades Aarey Milk Colony as soon as the sun sets. Leopards have attacked humans on several occasions last year, and sightings are frequent. At the places I visit, on the periphery of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park sandwiched between the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai, people are alert. From dusk to dawn, if they have to step out, they carry torches or