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Alarm Call from the

Wilderness

Romesh Barlow

EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011)

www.educreation.in

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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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Romesh Barlow

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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