Monday, December 17, 2012
My last blog was about my feelings about Tigers - specially the situation
of tigers' survival in India. In Mr. Thapar's book there are pictures and numbers
that say how many tigers were killed by the Maharajas and the British in India.
My heart ached and couldn't help feeling happy that the mass killing of tigers
is no more and its good that the murderers are gone. Now there are thieves -
the poachers. But I feel sorry for them - they don't know any better - they are
probably poor people trying to make a buck. They don't know why it is so
important to save the tigers - why it is so important to save the jungle.
I have never seen a tiger in a jungle. I have been to Africa and seen Lions. I have been to African Lions Safari in Cambridge, Ontario and seen Lions freely walking about, sleeping and yawning away. But never seen a tiger. They are evasive indeed.
My grandfather saw a tiger in Sundarban. In fact he saw a tiger taking a man. While telling the story of what he saw to his grandchildren - he will have goosebumps on him. He said actually he did not see the tiger. From the boat he saw a man sitting down on the river bank to gather some woods for cooking or doing something (nature's call may be) and suddenly he saw a yellow blanket flying about him and the man was not there any more!
According to wikipedia, in Sundarban the tigers kill about fifty or sixty humans per year. That's not good either. Just because they are poor - no one cares? I hope Government is doing something to help the villagers.
May be there are too many tigers and they don't find enough food in the mangrove jungle. Is it possible to relocate some tigers to some other forest area where there used to be tigers before but now vanished.
In Bengali to express a helpless and dangerous situation there is a saying "Joley Kumir dunga e baagh" means there are Crocodiles in the water and tigers on the land.
There is a very nice documentary that I found on youtube. The Last Man Eater. Here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfSTt1tcj0
I have never seen a tiger in a jungle. I have been to Africa and seen Lions. I have been to African Lions Safari in Cambridge, Ontario and seen Lions freely walking about, sleeping and yawning away. But never seen a tiger. They are evasive indeed.
My grandfather saw a tiger in Sundarban. In fact he saw a tiger taking a man. While telling the story of what he saw to his grandchildren - he will have goosebumps on him. He said actually he did not see the tiger. From the boat he saw a man sitting down on the river bank to gather some woods for cooking or doing something (nature's call may be) and suddenly he saw a yellow blanket flying about him and the man was not there any more!
According to wikipedia, in Sundarban the tigers kill about fifty or sixty humans per year. That's not good either. Just because they are poor - no one cares? I hope Government is doing something to help the villagers.
May be there are too many tigers and they don't find enough food in the mangrove jungle. Is it possible to relocate some tigers to some other forest area where there used to be tigers before but now vanished.
In Bengali to express a helpless and dangerous situation there is a saying "Joley Kumir dunga e baagh" means there are Crocodiles in the water and tigers on the land.
There is a very nice documentary that I found on youtube. The Last Man Eater. Here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfSTt1tcj0
I have always been simply mesmerized and fascinated
by Tigers. Any day, Tiger is my most favorite animal. Not that I would like to
own a tiger - nobody can own a Tiger. The most beautiful, the most captivating
and ferocious animal that roams the planet earth.
Even as a young girl I had posters of tigers in my room and not those of film stars. After I was married I had a poster of a Tiger and a Tigress in my bedroom.
So a few years back I bought a very informative book on Tigers (from Amazon.com) written by one Mr. Valmik Thapar. I was so impressed by the book - I did a little research on Mr. Thapar, and my goodness, in my mind he is a hero - the Tiger Man. He even looks like a Tiger. He is married to Shashi Kapoors daughter Sanjana Kapoor and has a son by the name Hamir. One time he followed a Tiger named Hamir. Hats off to this man for being so much into Tigers and for trying to do so much to save this amazing animal.
He has done everything possible to save tigers. All his books are written in English. In India, the people who become poachers for money - how many of them can read English? How many of them can appreciate the jungle and why it is so important to maintain the ecological balance!
** All books written in favor of tigers should be translated in all Indian languages - at least in Hindi.
** Another suggestion which is tricky and may take years. In India we worship Hanuman - the monkey god. Let there be a tiger god. After all tiger IS devi Durga's transportation. When people do not fear law they may fear God. Let the tigers lovers spread the word that when you kill a tiger bad things will happen to your family. Look at all the Rajas and Maharajas's family! Where are they now? They are all gone. Extinguished.
Well these are my thoughts. Everyone has a blog now - to express one's thoughts. May be some people might read my blog - may be my blog will reach Mr. Thapar someday.
Even as a young girl I had posters of tigers in my room and not those of film stars. After I was married I had a poster of a Tiger and a Tigress in my bedroom.
So a few years back I bought a very informative book on Tigers (from Amazon.com) written by one Mr. Valmik Thapar. I was so impressed by the book - I did a little research on Mr. Thapar, and my goodness, in my mind he is a hero - the Tiger Man. He even looks like a Tiger. He is married to Shashi Kapoors daughter Sanjana Kapoor and has a son by the name Hamir. One time he followed a Tiger named Hamir. Hats off to this man for being so much into Tigers and for trying to do so much to save this amazing animal.
He has done everything possible to save tigers. All his books are written in English. In India, the people who become poachers for money - how many of them can read English? How many of them can appreciate the jungle and why it is so important to maintain the ecological balance!
** All books written in favor of tigers should be translated in all Indian languages - at least in Hindi.
** Another suggestion which is tricky and may take years. In India we worship Hanuman - the monkey god. Let there be a tiger god. After all tiger IS devi Durga's transportation. When people do not fear law they may fear God. Let the tigers lovers spread the word that when you kill a tiger bad things will happen to your family. Look at all the Rajas and Maharajas's family! Where are they now? They are all gone. Extinguished.
Well these are my thoughts. Everyone has a blog now - to express one's thoughts. May be some people might read my blog - may be my blog will reach Mr. Thapar someday.
http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/asian_tiger_12.jpg
http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/asian-tiger-numbers-could-triple/246/
http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/asian-tiger-numbers-could-triple/246/
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