Take My Wilderness Quiz and Grab a Free Book

 

If you love wild places, slow journeys, and the feeling of being far away from city noise, this little challenge is for you.

I’ve put together a short wilderness quiz based on my book, Five Wilderness Journeys in East and Northeast India. It’s simple: you try the quiz, answer a few questions, and if you get at least five of them right, I’ll send you a free soft copy of the book.

Here’s the quiz:
👉 https://majumdar.info/wilderness-mcq-poster.html

---

What the Quiz Is All About

The questions are inspired by real places, journeys and wild landscapes from East and Northeast India—forests, rivers, hills, and everything in between.
You don’t have to be an expert. If you’re curious, enjoy travel stories, or simply like testing yourself, you’ll probably enjoy it.

Just open the quiz link, go through the questions, and note down your answers.

---

How You Can Win the Book

Here’s how it works:

1. Visit the quiz page:
   https://majumdar.info/wilderness-mcq-poster.html

2. Answer the questions as best as you can.

3. Share your answers with me (for example, by replying to the social post where you found this, or sending them as instructed there).

If you get 5 or more answers correct, I’ll send you a free digital copy of Five Wilderness Journeys in East and Northeast India.

If you’re curious about the book itself, you can also check it out here:
📖 https://notionpress.com/in/read/five-wilderness-journeys-in-east-and-northeast-india

---

Why I’m Doing This

I wrote this book to share a more intimate, ground-level view of East and Northeast India’s wild spaces—beyond tourist brochures and popular hill station clichés.
The quiz is just a fun way to get you involved, spark curiosity, and maybe nudge you to explore these journeys through the book.

So, if you have a few minutes, give the quiz a try.
You might discover a few new places, test your “wilderness IQ,” and walk away with a free book.

“Discovering the Wild: 10 Birds and Plants You’ll Encounter in Trishna Reserve Forest, Tripura”

 Nestled in the lush hills near the Bangladesh border, Trishna Reserve Forest is a paradise for nature lovers. Whether you’re a keen birder or a casual wanderer, the forest teems with life—from vibrant blooms to the flutter of wings echoing through the canopy. Here are ten remarkable species you might spot during your visit.

For the full article, click here

The Blue Rafflesia Episode No.34 Part No.2 of 5

 

For the complete story, kindly subscribe to the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ITELLDIFF or join our newsletter: https://itell.substack.com/

The Blue Rafflesia story series follows a high-stakes scientific and geopolitical thriller where the discovery of an elusive flower becomes the key to unlocking vast reserves of uranium, the critical fuel for atomic energy. Set primarily around the remote and highly restricted North Sentinel Island and the Andaman region, the series blends adventure, ecology, and nuclear geopolitics into a fast-paced narrative anchored in real-world locations and scientific speculation.​

Core Premise

At the heart of the series is the mythical Blue Rafflesia, a rare and previously unknown variant of the world’s largest flower, whose unusual radiation signature reveals massive underground uranium deposits. Scientists gradually realise that wherever this flower blooms, the subsurface may hold unprecedented quantities of uranium—running into multiple gigatons—enough to alter the global balance of nuclear power and energy security. This biological indicator concept turns a botanical curiosity into a strategic resource, attracting interest, fear, and fierce competition from multiple actors.​​

Characters and Conflict

The narrative follows Prof. Bhattacharjee, Prof. Basu, and their extended team of researchers, pilots, officers, and investigators who embark on expeditions to the Andaman and North Sentinel region in search of the Blue Rafflesia. What begins as a scientific mission quickly escalates into a web of disappearances, hijacked vehicles, untrustworthy pilots, and missing police, indicating that powerful groups are trying to control or suppress the discovery. Side characters such as investigators traveling from Bhubaneswar and unofficial intruders to the island deepen the sense of conspiracy and danger surrounding the uranium-bearing habitats of the flower.​

Science, Mystery, and Uranium

A central scientific hook of the series is the way the Blue Rafflesia’s radiation pattern is analysed to estimate underground uranium volumes, including striking figures like 5.74 gigatons of uranium inferred from its emissions. This framing lets the story explore questions such as how much uranium might be present in India, what it would mean for national energy policy, and how such a discovery would be monitored, weaponised, or concealed. The mystery intensifies as the team confronts hostile environments, unexpected attacks, and incomplete information, forcing them to balance scientific curiosity with survival and ethics.​​

Setting and Atmosphere

The story leverages the isolation and controversy around North Sentinel Island—home to the uncontacted Sentinelese people—as a tense, moody backdrop where any intrusion is risky and heavily scrutinised. The Andaman Sea, turbulent weather, night-time journeys, and remote airstrips contribute to a cinematic atmosphere that oscillates between exploration, horror, and political thriller. These vivid settings turn the search for a flower into an odyssey through dangerous seas, dense forests, and shadowy bureaucratic corridors.​​

Themes and Tone

The Blue Rafflesia story series interweaves themes of environmental sensitivity, indigenous rights, nuclear ethics, and scientific ambition, asking what humanity is willing to risk for energy and power. The tone mixes episodic cliffhangers—vanishing officers, compromised pilots, mysterious intruders—with reflective questions about who should control resources discovered in ecologically and culturally sensitive zones. As an ongoing series, each episode adds layers to the central idea that a single rare flower could reshape atomic energy futures while endangering everything around it.​

The Blue Rafflesia Episode No 34 Part No.1 of 5

 

For the complete story, kindly subscribe to the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@ITELLDIFF or join our newsletter:  https://itell.substack.com/

The Blue Rafflesia story series follows a high-stakes scientific and geopolitical thriller where the discovery of an elusive flower becomes the key to unlocking vast reserves of uranium, the critical fuel for atomic energy. Set primarily around the remote and highly restricted North Sentinel Island and the Andaman region, the series blends adventure, ecology, and nuclear geopolitics into a fast-paced narrative anchored in real-world locations and scientific speculation.​

Core Premise

At the heart of the series is the mythical Blue Rafflesia, a rare and previously unknown variant of the world’s largest flower, whose unusual radiation signature reveals massive underground uranium deposits. Scientists gradually realise that wherever this flower blooms, the subsurface may hold unprecedented quantities of uranium—running into multiple gigatons—enough to alter the global balance of nuclear power and energy security. This biological indicator concept turns a botanical curiosity into a strategic resource, attracting interest, fear, and fierce competition from multiple actors.​​

Characters and Conflict

The narrative follows Prof. Bhattacharjee, Prof. Basu, and their extended team of researchers, pilots, officers, and investigators who embark on expeditions to the Andaman and North Sentinel region in search of the Blue Rafflesia. What begins as a scientific mission quickly escalates into a web of disappearances, hijacked vehicles, untrustworthy pilots, and missing police, indicating that powerful groups are trying to control or suppress the discovery. Side characters such as investigators traveling from Bhubaneswar and unofficial intruders to the island deepen the sense of conspiracy and danger surrounding the uranium-bearing habitats of the flower.​

Science, Mystery, and Uranium

A central scientific hook of the series is the way the Blue Rafflesia’s radiation pattern is analysed to estimate underground uranium volumes, including striking figures like 5.74 gigatons of uranium inferred from its emissions. This framing lets the story explore questions such as how much uranium might be present in India, what it would mean for national energy policy, and how such a discovery would be monitored, weaponised, or concealed. The mystery intensifies as the team confronts hostile environments, unexpected attacks, and incomplete information, forcing them to balance scientific curiosity with survival and ethics.​​

Setting and Atmosphere

The story leverages the isolation and controversy around North Sentinel Island—home to the uncontacted Sentinelese people—as a tense, moody backdrop where any intrusion is risky and heavily scrutinised. The Andaman Sea, turbulent weather, night-time journeys, and remote airstrips contribute to a cinematic atmosphere that oscillates between exploration, horror, and political thriller. These vivid settings turn the search for a flower into an odyssey through dangerous seas, dense forests, and shadowy bureaucratic corridors.​​

Themes and Tone

The Blue Rafflesia story series interweaves themes of environmental sensitivity, indigenous rights, nuclear ethics, and scientific ambition, asking what humanity is willing to risk for energy and power. The tone mixes episodic cliffhangers—vanishing officers, compromised pilots, mysterious intruders—with reflective questions about who should control resources discovered in ecologically and culturally sensitive zones. As an ongoing series, each episode adds layers to the central idea that a single rare flower could reshape atomic energy futures while endangering everything around it.​