CATS mulling over the clue for Veeru – The Baby Elephant
Clue was 'Mausi.. Basanti meri maa.. Main Jayoon kehan??'
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
It was amazing to see how CATS were trying to unravel the mystery of the clue. They were thinking of everything else but the legendry Veeru from the Mother of all films – Sholay!
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
Veeru - the Baby Elephant did not disappoint anyone. Neither did Hema – Veeru’s mother :-)
I am not sure who was more excited, Veeru or the CATS??!!!
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
Please meet our amazingly playful Gullu.. 10 month old White Tiger Cub.
Gullu is entirely hand reared and used to be fed Goat’s milk along with suckling a bitch for survival and nourishment. Hats off to the Director of Chhatbir Zoo, Mr Dharminder Sharma to have developed a plan to ensure Gullu grew up to tell the tale.
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
Gullu might have grown huge in size, but its’ eyes reflect innocence of that of a child. You almost wanted to reach through the bars and pat Gullu, till the strewn around raw meat and bones reminded you to be a little careful.
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
Four legs or two.. You are me and I am you… How many of you could guess that CATS have to look for a Leopard?
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
They have found the Leopard, but now have to figure out Rustam! Do you have any ideas who Rustam is??
Notice CAT Navpreet and CAT AP sharing 'meaningful' glances towards the end of the video as they know the answer but were enjoying every bit of confusion the rest of the CATS were going through!
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
Okay.. how many of you will bet your last penny on these two CATS? They failed to convince me but certainly claim that they are twins!
CATS Zoo Treasure Hunt
CAT Dharminder and Harpal, THANK YOU for taking care of CATS and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
The Kitten Becomes a CAT…. at Chhatbir Zoo
On an instinct I decided to go on a trek with the CATS. Of course I didn’t know even one of the ‘felines’ but I thought ‘what the hell girl, go for it!’ words of bravado because as the time to get going got nearer, I had a million misgivings about what in the world I thought I was doing?
Getting up at 6am on a Sunday morning to hang out with a bunch of people whom I didn’t know, far away from home where I could not even hop onto a cab to get back to civilization and walking and walking the whole day long…was THIS idea of a relaxed, chilled out Sunday morning? Somehow, I didn’t think so!
All night long, I had visions of sitting by myself at the back of the bus by myself while the veteran CATS sat with each other discussing the other treks they had undertaken. I saw the group marching off energetically while I dragged my tired feet, way behind the group, mewing for succour. O Lord! What had I let myself in for?
The day previous, which was Saturday, the 16th of February, I’d spoken to Supreet, the mover and shaker of the organisation and had most enthusiastically committed to being at Hotel Chandigarh Beckons where everyone was to assemble. “I’ve got to be my own worst enemy” I thought when the alarm went off early Sunday morning. Even the day was bright and beautiful, which left me with no excuse to chicken out. Plus, I’d told EVERYONE I knew that I was going on a trek! The original Ms. Big Mouth!!
I got myself to the hotel where I met Supreet and was relieved to see a whole lot of happy looking people, though personally I thought that it was way too early in the morning to be quite so animated, but well, I guessed these must be CATS of the Cheshire variety!
Anyway, we all registered, paid our 150 rupees, got our id cards, got instructed by Supreet, got a cup of tea and were packed off into two buses! My bus walas decided to play Antakshari, which was a loud, tuneless and crazy kind of affair! “Well, these guys are sure participatory, even though they’ll never make it to Channal V” I thought!
Once at the Zoo, we were divided into four groups, each under a leader! The agenda was to play a game of treasure hunt! Supreet and some others had been to the zoo the evening previous to write out the clues and put them up. The treasure hunt incidentally, covered the whole zoo! “There are 27 clues” we were told! “27??? I would have thought that 10 would be enough” said the kitten in me, to myself of course!
Anyhow, we set off. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. The animals were out there sunning themselves. Chhatbir is beautiful and it’s a place where animals don’t look too unhappy, though none of them looked ecstatic to be in a state of captivity. Still, the zoo does attempt to keep a semblance of the animals’ natural habitat!
The clues were extremely imaginative and posted at the most unexpected places. They lead us to every unexplored cranny of Chhatbir, from the granary to the animal hospital to the museum and of course toward the various animals. I don’t think we missed even one animal! My personal favourite was the baby elephant which I wanted to take home with me!
We stopped for a much needed tea and snack break, where all the groups got together and exchanged notes about the treasure hunt and life and times in general. And then fortified, stepped forward to look for the rest of the 15 clue. FIFTEEN!!
I had decided to be the laggard of the group some time into the treasure hunt. That was a good decision, I thought to myself, because it gave me the time to hang out with people and enjoy just being in Chhatbir! However, I did give my unasked for suggestions every now and then!
Well, the end was when the most pro active group found the treasure. Most of us were so pleased to just reach the end of the trek that congratulating the winners was not an issue at all. In fact, it was a wonderful relief to stop for lunch at the banks of the beautiful lake in Chhatbir. Some of us peeled off our shoes and socks and put our tired feet into the algae filled, cool lake waters! While some of us (Not me! Not me!) were heard wistfully longing for a cool glass of beer!!
After a leisurely lunch, we trudged back to our buses and were taken back to Chandigarh and to the hotel whence we all got into our cars and went back home. I’d had an absolutely wonderful day. The only thing I wished was that the CATS would provide a massage service at the end of their treks!
Ending this now with just one more thing to say…MEOW!!!
- CAT Aradhika
Getting up at 6am on a Sunday morning to hang out with a bunch of people whom I didn’t know, far away from home where I could not even hop onto a cab to get back to civilization and walking and walking the whole day long…was THIS idea of a relaxed, chilled out Sunday morning? Somehow, I didn’t think so!
All night long, I had visions of sitting by myself at the back of the bus by myself while the veteran CATS sat with each other discussing the other treks they had undertaken. I saw the group marching off energetically while I dragged my tired feet, way behind the group, mewing for succour. O Lord! What had I let myself in for?
The day previous, which was Saturday, the 16th of February, I’d spoken to Supreet, the mover and shaker of the organisation and had most enthusiastically committed to being at Hotel Chandigarh Beckons where everyone was to assemble. “I’ve got to be my own worst enemy” I thought when the alarm went off early Sunday morning. Even the day was bright and beautiful, which left me with no excuse to chicken out. Plus, I’d told EVERYONE I knew that I was going on a trek! The original Ms. Big Mouth!!
I got myself to the hotel where I met Supreet and was relieved to see a whole lot of happy looking people, though personally I thought that it was way too early in the morning to be quite so animated, but well, I guessed these must be CATS of the Cheshire variety!
Anyway, we all registered, paid our 150 rupees, got our id cards, got instructed by Supreet, got a cup of tea and were packed off into two buses! My bus walas decided to play Antakshari, which was a loud, tuneless and crazy kind of affair! “Well, these guys are sure participatory, even though they’ll never make it to Channal V” I thought!
Once at the Zoo, we were divided into four groups, each under a leader! The agenda was to play a game of treasure hunt! Supreet and some others had been to the zoo the evening previous to write out the clues and put them up. The treasure hunt incidentally, covered the whole zoo! “There are 27 clues” we were told! “27??? I would have thought that 10 would be enough” said the kitten in me, to myself of course!
Anyhow, we set off. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm. The animals were out there sunning themselves. Chhatbir is beautiful and it’s a place where animals don’t look too unhappy, though none of them looked ecstatic to be in a state of captivity. Still, the zoo does attempt to keep a semblance of the animals’ natural habitat!
The clues were extremely imaginative and posted at the most unexpected places. They lead us to every unexplored cranny of Chhatbir, from the granary to the animal hospital to the museum and of course toward the various animals. I don’t think we missed even one animal! My personal favourite was the baby elephant which I wanted to take home with me!
We stopped for a much needed tea and snack break, where all the groups got together and exchanged notes about the treasure hunt and life and times in general. And then fortified, stepped forward to look for the rest of the 15 clue. FIFTEEN!!
I had decided to be the laggard of the group some time into the treasure hunt. That was a good decision, I thought to myself, because it gave me the time to hang out with people and enjoy just being in Chhatbir! However, I did give my unasked for suggestions every now and then!
Well, the end was when the most pro active group found the treasure. Most of us were so pleased to just reach the end of the trek that congratulating the winners was not an issue at all. In fact, it was a wonderful relief to stop for lunch at the banks of the beautiful lake in Chhatbir. Some of us peeled off our shoes and socks and put our tired feet into the algae filled, cool lake waters! While some of us (Not me! Not me!) were heard wistfully longing for a cool glass of beer!!
After a leisurely lunch, we trudged back to our buses and were taken back to Chandigarh and to the hotel whence we all got into our cars and went back home. I’d had an absolutely wonderful day. The only thing I wished was that the CATS would provide a massage service at the end of their treks!
Ending this now with just one more thing to say…MEOW!!!
- CAT Aradhika
Photo Gallery - Zoo Treasure Hunt
CATS confidently marching ahead in the Zoo, thinking they would be able to reach the treasure in a jiffy...
Alas! little did they know...
Fascinating expressions on the faces of all CATS, in anticipation of seeing and possibly touching a Python up close.
CATS frantically looking for clues in the Dry Grain Store..Next clue was pasted on the inside of the very lid
that CAT Aradhika is opening, but surprisingly,
she did not notice an A4 sheet annoucing directions towards the kitchen!
Yes.... this also happened !! CAT Deepinder gave up quite early on but my lips were sealed ;-)
Deary Deary Me... which way do we head??
CAT AP is pointing in the right direction, but the rest doubt his honesty.. Bhalaai ka zaamana hee nahin raha!
OK... time to rest a while and have some mid morning grub..
With some food in the belly... CAT Rahat and CAT Hemant can't decide which way to head!!
CATS looking for a needle in the Hay Stack.. Geeee :-)Between you and I... it's the wrong hay stack!!
Wicked... I know ;-)
Finally.... The Treasure in hand...Booty being looted by the CATS!
We were starving by this time... Can you notice our little CAT Kabir with his mother CAT Seema?
He was the youngest this time with us at 2yrs.10months...
CAT DV Bhatia, as always, took the other honour!
Quite moment of contemplation...Little CAT Prabhmeh sharing notes with CAT Paramjeet;
our unofficial photographer..
Yupp... the traditional Cuppa-Cha to finish off the day.. 
The CATTY GANG at the Zoo.. Well most of the 47 of CATS who went hunting for the treasure...
- CAT Supreet
Rare Honour for CATS...
CAT Supreet with CAT Yamini :-)It surely was an honour to be asked by the Chhatbir Zoo Director;
our fellow CAT Dharminder to name the Female White Tiger.
White Tiger pair Yamuna and Laxman are the proud parents of Yamini & Lucky.
CATS Blood Donation ROLE OF HONOUR
CATS Blood Donation FINAL ROLE OF HONOUR
1. CAT Ravinder Pannu
2. CAT Supreet Dhiman
3. CAT Madhvi Kataria
4. Deepinder Singh bl
5. Navdeep Singh
6. CAT Dharminder Sharma
7. Vishal Kumar
8. Kamal Dua
9. Kanwaldeep Sharma
10.Rajesh Sharma
11.CAT Jolly Rihal
12.CAT Sandeep Sandhu
13.Rajesh Kumar
14.CAT Navpreet Bhasin
15.CAT Paramjeet Singh
16.CAT Ashish Arora
17.CAT Anu Sodhi
18.Ashish
19.Raju
20.Nikhil Bhalla
21.Imanpreet Bansal
22.Gurpreet Singh
23.CAT Rahat Brar
24.CAT Neerja Ajmani
25.Jatinder Katoch
26. Sunil Kumar
27. CAT Abhijit Shahi
28. Shashi Shekhar
29. Vyas Chawla
30. Navin Kwatra
31. CAT Maharaj Sodhi
32. CAT Kapil
33. CAT Hemant
34. CAT Vikas Chawla
35. Amnish Kumar
36. Balpreet
37. Jaideep
38. Vishal Sagar
39. Vikram Vimal
40. Devinder Pal Singh
41. CAT Gurinder Wirk
1. CAT Ravinder Pannu
2. CAT Supreet Dhiman
3. CAT Madhvi Kataria
4. Deepinder Singh bl
5. Navdeep Singh
6. CAT Dharminder Sharma
7. Vishal Kumar
8. Kamal Dua
9. Kanwaldeep Sharma
10.Rajesh Sharma
11.CAT Jolly Rihal
12.CAT Sandeep Sandhu
13.Rajesh Kumar
14.CAT Navpreet Bhasin
15.CAT Paramjeet Singh
16.CAT Ashish Arora
17.CAT Anu Sodhi
18.Ashish
19.Raju
20.Nikhil Bhalla
21.Imanpreet Bansal
22.Gurpreet Singh
23.CAT Rahat Brar
24.CAT Neerja Ajmani
25.Jatinder Katoch
26. Sunil Kumar
27. CAT Abhijit Shahi
28. Shashi Shekhar
29. Vyas Chawla
30. Navin Kwatra
31. CAT Maharaj Sodhi
32. CAT Kapil
33. CAT Hemant
34. CAT Vikas Chawla
35. Amnish Kumar
36. Balpreet
37. Jaideep
38. Vishal Sagar
39. Vikram Vimal
40. Devinder Pal Singh
41. CAT Gurinder Wirk
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