Travelling through Maharashtra on assignment, I heard hair-raising stories about a killer tigress in Talodhi village, barely 150 km from Nagpur. I couldn't resist the temptation of taking time off from documenting natural resources management practices and making a detour to track the tigress.

Talodhi is located near the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in eastern Maharashtra's Chandrapur district. The national park has the reputation of being well managed