Mammoth jungles dry river heds deep in the middle the forest where even a crush of a dry leaf is a rustling echo lives a family of 10 members and their livelihood is based on cattle and  selling milk in the city.

Witness airy mud houses with smart architecture, large windows and are engineered by the tribal mind to face the sun and rain.

Unbelievably these tribes were Hindus and took up Islam two centuries ago. There is local primary school too where an old Gujjar teaches Arabian language. Meet Akbar who believes that the wild animals don’t harm them because they have seen them from ages growing in the jungle.

After lunch with Akbar and family trek to 1 kms to sidhshroth which has a good chance of spotting wild elephants bathing.