I went to India on a special mission, I was given the responsibility by my organization to trek down the population of Tigers in the world. The first national park in India that I thronged to was the Jim Corbett National Park. The National Park is situated in the foothills of Central Himalayas and is rich in both flora and fauna.

It was just like a dream for me to see the tigers roaming in the internationally acclaimed park. Spanning over an area of 535 sq km the park is situated in the souther sector of Lauri Garhawal. The park houses animals like panther, sloth bear, sambhar, swmp deer and birds like Jungle fowl, khaleeh phesant, pea fowl and many other.

I had a lot of fun (along with work), as I snapped the photographs of some of the endangered species in Jim Corbett National Park. I also opted for different safari's that were as exotic as the park itself. I was impressed to know that Project Tiger Scheme was inaugurated at this park in 1973.

Jim Corbett - the man behind
It was a pleasure to know about Jim Corbett as a person, by Dr. Aggrawal, a researcher on Tigers. As he was posted in Jim Corbett National Park, he knew many things about Jim Corbet. As I persuaded, he detailed me the life history of Jim Corbett. He told me that the Jim Corbett was born in 1875 of English ancenstory in the picturesque foothills of Himalayas." You know, from childhood, he was interested in knowing about the Jungles and the animals" Dr Aggrawal informed. "At night, he used to lie in his bed and listen to the sounds of animals coming from the Jungle" he added.

Jim Corbet was a great mimicar or imitator as he used to imitate the voice of the animals. Soon, he became a hunter to feed his family and his popularity increased in the surrounding areas. He used to kill only man eaters. In 1930s, Jim Corbett abandoned hunting and started capturing Tiger on the motion film.

"Ya! I have read his book Man-eaters of Kumaon. If I am not wrong it became an international bestseller and the book was also translated into 27 languages" as I spoke to Dr Aggrawal. It was intresting fact for me to know that the national park that he fought to establish was later renamed after his name and unbelievably was twice its size.