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Deepak Chaddha
Amark, The queen of hearts (Mother of Jay & Veeru)
What do you wait for when a friend comes out of jungle & calls you up for afternoon safari. This happened in 2010 or 11 (please confirm the year bro), when Nadeem called me up & insisted to come to see the Tigers of Nagzira. I'm so thankful to you buddy.
Jay, one of the tigers responsible to flourish a well known & very close to my heart UKWLS in central India. Yes i'm talking about 'Jay'. The Jay who migrated in search of a girlfriend & travelled around 200 kms. Jay, whose was named a second after his brother Veeru was named. It was one fine evening when Me, Nadeem & Shailendra came back in the evening after spending some good time with the queen & two celeb brothers. On the back of one of the cubs, I saw something like letter 'V' & told it's a prominent letter V on it's back. Shailendra, whom i call Chintz said it should be named as Veeru. Instantly Nadeem said, if it's Veeru, the other one has to be 'JAY'. This is how these guys were named.
Talking about her highness, The queen Amark, she's the one who was responsible to feed 100's of families of guides, drivers, canteenwalas, for years together. with 6 to 7 litters (amongst which 5 are known, with photo evidences, I dont challenge official figures though). She was sighted by me many times. Apart from the challenges of rival hunters i.e. leopards & wild dogs (Ruling Nagzira in recent days.) she raised her litters.
Big salute to the remarkable motherhood. Big salute to one of the known queens of the king 'Dendu'.
Don't miss the prominent letter 'A' on her "left hind leg. This was why she was named 'A mark'."

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