The 35-km drive from Khambha to Dhari in Amreli district of Gujarat is most astonishing. Scampering across the road, lined with babul trees, is a plethora of wildlife: hare foxes, antelopes, wildcats, deer. But what really takes your breath away are lions, lots of them, strolling around with a devil-may-care attitude.
In fact, lions are spilling out of the Gir forest, their traditional home, and populating the surrounding districts of Somnath, Amreli and Bhavnagar. Around 40 percent of the lion population has actually been spotted loitering nonchalantly outside their territory in. . .
