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A woman goat herder stands apart with her red channat saree, in Rajasthan: Our camera follows her and her flock of goats and sheep on a bare hill pahari in Rajasthan. The goat and sheep browse on the tiny leaves of Acacia and other plants, carefully biting between the thorns. The village woman reaches atop an Aravalli hilltop near Sariska National Park, to graze her flock. She stays wary for the presence of panther or leopard in this rocky hilly habitat. The rocks feature dimples and markings from the ancient flow of water in a seasonable fashion, over them. A wide vista of rocky escarpments greets the eyes when one gets atop the Aravalli ridge. The fissures and caves in the rocks often act as dens for leopards. A flowering wild shrub from the Aravallis has a profusion of white flowers on
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