http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/01/corbett-and-i/ Kashmir, Agra, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Goa, Kerala - Lets travel and share our travel blogs, stories and reviews. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/01/corbett-and-i/comment-page-1/#comment-11887 Ajit Deshmukh Wed, 19 May 2010 14:23:31 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=7017#comment-11887 This was interesting..having read Corbett's books many times and being a fan of his, I would definitely love to go on Corbett's trail someday. Sadly we no longer live in those good old days of where the hills were well stocked with wildlife and the rivers with mahsheer. I was greatly saddened after reading the book written by AJT Johnsingh when he revisited some of the places mentioned so vividly in Corbett's books. Per him, 95% of the habitat and wildlife is now gone (some of the bhabar region which has gone into the Corbett Tiger Reserve, where one can still come close to the aura of Corbett's stories). Even the well stocked Kala Agar ridge, which he mentions in the story of the Chowgarh man-eater, is now wildlife depleted. Tigers no longer occur in the Mukteshwar region, and poaching from the Nepalese side has destroyed the wildlife in the Champawat, Chuka, Thak, Sem, Kaladhunga and Talla Desh regions. The junction of Ladhya and Sahrda where Corbett would hook enough mahasheer to feed a camp of 30 men does not have a single fish to offer. Upto 10 years back, people of Tanakpur would hear tigers calling from the Nepal jungles, but the roar has been silenced now. The presence of Indian forces patrolling the border area has controlled poaching to some extent, and let us hope that the situation improves at least to a shade of what it was 80 yrs back. May be you can help me in my quest to visit these areas.. This was interesting..having read Corbett’s books many times and being a fan of his, I would definitely love to go on Corbett’s trail someday.
Sadly we no longer live in those good old days of where the hills were well stocked with wildlife and the rivers with mahsheer. I was greatly saddened after reading the book written by AJT Johnsingh when he revisited some of the places mentioned so vividly in Corbett’s books. Per him, 95% of the habitat and wildlife is now gone (some of the bhabar region which has gone into the Corbett Tiger Reserve, where one can still come close to the aura of Corbett’s stories). Even the well stocked Kala Agar ridge, which he mentions in the story of the Chowgarh man-eater, is now wildlife depleted. Tigers no longer occur in the Mukteshwar region, and poaching from the Nepalese side has destroyed the wildlife in the Champawat, Chuka, Thak, Sem, Kaladhunga and Talla Desh regions. The junction of Ladhya and Sahrda where Corbett would hook enough mahasheer to feed a camp of 30 men does not have a single fish to offer. Upto 10 years back, people of Tanakpur would hear tigers calling from the Nepal jungles, but the roar has been silenced now. The presence of Indian forces patrolling the border area has controlled poaching to some extent, and let us hope that the situation improves at least to a shade of what it was 80 yrs back.
May be you can help me in my quest to visit these areas..

]]> http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/01/corbett-and-i/comment-page-1/#comment-10781 Manish Pandey Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:15:28 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=7017#comment-10781 Superbly written Sanjay. Gets me interested in taking a trip to Corbett soon. Superbly written Sanjay. Gets me interested in taking a trip to Corbett soon.

]]> http://www.ghumakkar.com/2009/11/01/corbett-and-i/comment-page-1/#comment-9645 alok kotnala Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:35:33 +0000 http://www.ghumakkar.com/?p=7017#comment-9645 This is total 'dil se'. i had heard of this story before but never gathered the courage to read it (blame it on the short attention span from which i suffer). loved the lines - "Who wants to be a refugee? I want to be home and this Corbett country is home. Lush green and sunny, alive and innocent." u cant write this if u are not in love with the jungles and hills and trees and rivers and the wildlife !! Thanks for the travelogue. Will be reading the remaining parts later today or tomorrow. This is total ‘dil se’. i had heard of this story before but never gathered the courage to read it (blame it on the short attention span from which i suffer). loved the lines – “Who wants to be a refugee? I want to be home and this Corbett country is home. Lush green and sunny, alive and innocent.” u cant write this if u are not in love with the jungles and hills and trees and rivers and the wildlife !! Thanks for the travelogue. Will be reading the remaining parts later today or tomorrow.

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