New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Sugar is not sweet for everyone. Ask the sugarcane farmers on the outskirts of the Rajaji National Park, not far from Dehradun, in Uttarakhand. I spent time in the area, wandering around and making sense of the landscape. The elephant-farmer clashes dominated the conversations. Farmers who grow sugarcane say no force in the world can stop herds of elephants from enjoying their sweet crop. Every night, you can hear loud noises and cries as the farmers sit on machans to watch out for the pachyderms. It is futile. Electric fences are not of much use either-I learned of a case where the elephants first knocked a tree onto the fence, then crossed over. The fact remains that elephant habitat has been severely fragmented, tha...