Members of the Mocha Backpackers Club saw glimpses into wild India as author of King and I — Travel in Tigerland, Prerna Singh Bindra, narrated her many travel experiences.
Says humans are guests in the forest and should ensure the ‘hosts’ are not disturbed
Members of the Mocha Backpackers Club on Sunday saw glimpses into wild India as author of King and I — Travel in Tigerland, Prerna Singh Bindra, narrated her many travel experiences in the forests of India.
“Ever increasing human interference has disturbed nature to a great extent and pushed many species on the verge of extinction,” Bindra said.
One should never forget that humans are guests in forest and ensure the ‘hosts’ are not disturbed, she said. “Life is completely changed if one is fortunate enough to the see the big cat in the wilderness,” Bindra said.
Actor Tom Alter, who is a regular visitor to Corbett Tiger Reserve, recalled his childhood memories associated with the forest.
“Things have changed a lot over the years. Activities like fishing and night drives, which I used to enjoy in my childhood, are now banned in protected forests.”
The audience were taken to Corbett during an hour-long narration. Alter read out a chapter, Corbett Country, where legendary Jim Corbett lived.
His nuggets about Jim Corbett and his books added spice to the presentation. Alter got married in the same church where Jim Corbett’s parents did.
“Jim Corbett, called Carpet Sahib by natives, noticed that monkeys were going to be a severe problem in years to come.
He had advised the policymakers in 1920 to take care of this in future. We failed to act and today monkeys have become one of the biggest problems in North India,” Alter said.
Bindra said, “India has already lost a big cat — Cheetah. The last three were shot by Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo, the maharaja of Korea in Sarguja district of Madhya Pradesh.
The cat used by Mughal emperors to hunt black buck could never mate in captivity, which led to its extinction.”
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