Founders Note

Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman

Tribes, aborigines or indigenous people, across the world denotes a group of people who are dependent on their land for their livelihood and survival. Inhabitants whose roots to the land can be traced back down the ages, who are largely self-sufficient and stands immune to cultural integration and technological progress of today’s age. Down trodden and marginalized in many parts of the world, some of them still stubbornly refuse to be integrated with the mainstream society and prefer to live of the land, clinging on to their ancient traditions and culture. PT Explorers have always advocated for the conservation of wildlife and nature, we think it is time to add the indigenous people of the land to that list. The people who live of the land without exploiting nature has valuable lessons to teach the rest of humanity. Our recent exhibition in Dubai ‘The Invisibles’ portrayed the lesser known tribes of India. Thanks to the amazing images by gifted Indian photographer Hari Menon, the life of these amazing people could be brought into the limelight.

And we didn’t forget our favourite muse, the Masai Mara. Our exhibition for the month of May was of images of the fabulous inhabitants of the Mara. This place never stops amazing us and this exhibition covered a beautiful cross section of the fauna of this wonderful habitat.

The interactive sessions which followed these exhibitions were informative and saw eager participation. We see our core goals of creating awareness about conservation and getting people interested in nature getting to fruition in everyone of our exhibitions and events. This gives us purpose and drive. We are for nature and we are with nature. Let us hold our hands together for this journey!

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Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman
Founders – PT Explorers