The magical vision of the elusive, striped cat has always floated before my eyes ever since I became a Jim Corbett fan. I had the opportunity to serve in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand (1997-2000) and was always on the lookout for the magnificent tiger while travelling through Ramnagar, Mohan, Molekhal, Manila, Bhikiasen, Masi, Ranikhet and Almora. One day, at Manila, the local canine hero which used to visit our bank branch suddenly disappeared. I heard people discussing it the next day, that the ‘baagh’ had come the previous night. Whenever stories of man-animal conflicts crop up, one thinks of Jim Corbett (‘Magazine’, “The legends of Carpet Sahib”, March 24).
M.V. Radhakrishnan,
Ayyanthole, Thrissur, Kerala