This time of the year in southern India is peak Monsoon. Amidst the rains we were into deep jungle tracking the elusive bigcats of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It was late evening, also getting dark, and thus we decided to slowly head back to our camp without any record of bigcat movements. Suddenly we spotted far far away in the lush tree canopy, our most elusive and secretive cat relaxed and vigilant of our presence. The most adaptable of our bigcats. Leopards. This is his jungle world