A Life Long Romance With Nature and the Wild
Contents: 1. The man eating leopard of Jhilpa (near Nagpur, 1942-43. 2. Amarkantak 1948. 3. Learning to hunt early days ,1947-50. 4. Khatawli (a paradise for wildlife1953). 5. Haidar Mian the forest wizards, 1950-51. 6. Survival of the fittest , 1958-59. 7. Bilaspur days, 1959-60. 8. A tiger in the mines, 1959. 9. The leopard in the storm, 1960. 10. The honeymoon tiger, 1964. 11. Elephants, elephants everywhere, 1964. 12. The ones that got away and some that did not, 1963-72. 13. Outings in the Siwaliks and Khadar of Ghaghra river, 1963-76 and 1975-76. 14. Wildlife on the Pakistan border, 1965. 15. The brow antlered, 1966-67. 16. The dhol/sone kutta, the wild dog of India, 1967. 17. The Rajasthan experience, 1981-94. 18. The bird sanctuary of Bharatpur, 1989-94. 19. The boar which had nine lives, 1999-2000. 20. Some thoughts on wildlife protection. 21. Some suggestion for protection of the tiger. 22. Jungle sketch book and vintage photographs.
"The book is a simple rendition of a lifetime of memoirs, anecdotes and stories about wildlife of the beautiful Indian panorama of species of animals and birds and some of the jungle people with an amazing knowledge on jungle lore. The stories are made more interesting by the accompanying sketches by the author, as is said "a picture speaks a thousand words".
Main stories are of a man eating panther near Nagpur, shot by the authors father in 1944, whom he had accompanied as a boy. The honeymoon tiger is about his own unique honeymoon experience in Sarguja, M.P. in 1964. Wildlife on the Pakistan border after the 1965 war. Other episodes cover wild places from all over India; Nagaland, Mizoram in the East; Maral Kanda near Shimla, the high altitude block famous for its that mountain goat; Bharal or blue sheep on the Indo Tibetan border near Harsil, and the that desert ahead of Jaisalmer with its unique wildlife.
The author being a staunch conversationalist of wildlife has also given his views on the subject, which may be of interest to persons willing to learn from some practical suggestions by the author as his personal views.
Some of the vintage photographs take us down memory lane." (jacket)
