(This article first appeared in Scroll.in on June 1, 2022)
- Saraswatibai Tekam is one of 1,200 residents of Waghdara, a hamlet in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district. The settlement is at the fringe of a dense, dry deciduous forest in a region known for its increasing population of tigers. Avni, a tiger, made national news some years ago for killing 13 people in this area of Yavatmal before she was shot in 2018…