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Alarm Call from the
Wilderness
Romesh Barlow
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DEDICATED
This book is dedicated to Mom Dad and of course
my wife Vera whose unflinching faith in the
Almighty, her patience, support and understanding
helped me overcoming many hurdles in life. Thanks
for letting me keep my babies in the house (my
three dogs). Vera, I couldn’t have done it without
you.
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PREFACE
Apart from being a mere humanitarian I am a great
lover of nature. I worship all the objects of nature
be it an animal, flitting bird or butterflies or wild
flowers – the trees and insects.
I don’t go to church or temple to pray but the words
of poet Coleridge’s are apt for me “ He prayeth
well; who loveth well, both man and bird and
beast”.
Slow Tourism
During my school days some forty or fifty years ago
the words “conservation” and “tourism” were not
known to me. Just had a vague idea of tourism, that
people could go to places during their holidays, but
it was not in vogue in our country, only few
privileged could go for such excursions, like our
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school principal who could go for a tour to USA or
Europe for a fortnight or so. That type of tourism
one could go in an aircraft travelling to different
destinations covering thousands of kilometers in a
span of few days visiting places and doing the
sightseeing. This is more or less a fast tourism or
fast global activity.
The slow movement is an antidote to the
increasingly fast global activities. It is for those who
want to slow down and are fed up with pace, but
also for those who want to explore the opportunities
of being unlike and in context of tourism, moving
differently.
Slowing down while being on holiday is
described by the term ‘ Slow Tourism ‘
Moreover, different forms of tourism,
ecotourism, sustainable and slow tourism have
emerged that have certain characteristics common,
regarding the quality of time spent on holiday.
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Slow tourism or slow travel can take place
everywhere and is not time bound, it does not
involve travelling long distance or at a certain
speed.
In fact slow traveler can start their journey
when stepping out of the doorway and their
destination can only be a few kilometers away.
Nevertheless, it does not exclude journeys to the
other end of the world.
Advantages are :
Shorter distances
Low carbon pollution
Doing things in the right speed
Seeking quality over quantity and looking for what
“must see”
Speed destroys the connection with the
landscape, venturing into a local market, feel of the
language and dialect.
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I, therefore, advise my readers to at least give a
try to slow tourism for a change and see how
wonderful you will feel, in other terms you get
rejuvenated.
One must step out of their houses for two or
three nights and visit places like Aahana-The
Corbett Wilderness, situated in Ramnagar, the
Corbett city, on the foothills of Himalayas at
Uttarakhand. Soak oneself in Nature and visit
beautiful places, short distances away from the
resort and do a couple of jeep safaris, swimming,
cycling and trekking during the day. This is a
complete health package and money’s worth. One
feels light and completely rejuvenated and again fit
enough for the daily chores of life.
This is “slow tourism” in the real sense.
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CONTENT
Sr. Chapter Page
1 Introduction 1
2 Trees 4
3 Killing of animals 7
4 Royal Bengal Tiger 11
5 Leopard 16
6 Asian Elephant 20
7 Sambar Deer 26
8 Cheetal Deer 29
9 Barking Deer 31
10 Hog Deer/Wild Boar 33
11 Corbett National Park at a glance 35
12 Different seasons in Corbett 38
13 Scavengers 52
14 Porcupines 55
15 Stories and Anecdotes 56
16 Birds 74
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17 Snakes of Corbett 96
18 Some Important Trees 100
19 Some Important Sightseeing 103
20 Life of Jim Corbett 106
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Chapter One
Alarm Call from the Wilderness
(It is a ‘Must Read’ book for the wild life and as
well as for non-wildlife enthusiasts, those who have
planned or are planning to visit the Corbett National
Park and also all those who have love for animals
and the surrounding jungles).
I always had a great desire to write something
about Nature especially about the magnificent green
trees and the surrounding jungles and the beautiful
people living in them, in other words flora and
fauna of the place, particularly about our country.
With this thought I have landed up in Jim Corbett
National Park, situated in the Nainital District,
Uttarakhand.
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Uttarakhand is one of the most beautiful
northern states of India on the southern slopes of the
Himalayan range. Around 65 per cent of its area is
covered by dense forests that are home to royal
Bengal tiger, leopard and many other endangered
animals and plants species.
The Corbett National Park falls in the Kumaon
Region (Uttarakhand is divided into two regions i.e.
Kumaon & Gharwal). It is the oldest National Park
in India. It was established in 1936 as Hailey
National Park with an aim to protect the endangered
royal Bengal tigers. The park is located in
Ramnagar. It was the first park to come under ‘The
Project Tiger’ initiative launched by the
Government of India in 1973.
(At present there are 50 Tiger Reserves in the
country). The area of the park is 1318 square
kilometers and the elevation ranges from 1400 ft to
4000 ft. It is dense and moist deciduous forests
mainly consisting of Sal, Haldu, Peepal, Sissoo,
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