Amritsar has been a symbolic choice for the ongoing Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process conference as it was historically the east-west gateway. That main artery to Asia’s heart now stands blocked by Pakistani obduracy. (Extreme left) three Common shelducks sit on a silt bar at Sukhna Lake in January 2002. On November 27, 2016, wildlife photographer Sarabjit S Lehal observed six Common shelducks at the Sukhna. Kaushal’s record of 2002 is from the era when the lake’s regulator-end was a mosaic of silt islands, marshes and reed-encircled ponds.

Source: Hindustan Times December 04, 2016 06:37 UTC