Man-Eaters of Kumaon

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I loved the beginning when Corbett explained as to why a tiger turns into a man eater. I came to know a lot of things about tigers which I hadn't earlier. I loved the way he described the jungles and the villages of Kumaon. It is only possible to lay out such details when you are absolutely in love with the forest. Chundawat, R.S.; Khan, J.A.; Mallon, D.P.\n (2011). " Panthera tigris ssp. tigris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T136899A4348945. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T136899A4348945.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Living in a 21st century modern state where the largest predator i know lives 2 hours away, i found the premise difficult to comprehend: how could people even encounter a tiger if they are working in their fields near their homes?? But Corbett paints a beautiful picture of small Indian villages nestled in the hills and valleys of the Himalayas in the 20s and 30s - where firearms are scarce and people work fully immersed in nature. In “The Panar Man-Eater,” he must watch the suffering of a girl torn from the jaws of a tiger: “I sincerely hope that no one who reads this story will ever be condemned to seeing and hearing the sufferings of a human being … that has had the misfortune of being caught by the throat by either a leopard or a tiger, and not having the means … of alleviating or of ending the suffering.” Corbett decides that he will forever be haunted by guilt if he didn't kill a Man-Eater that is responsible for sometimes upto 100 human lives. So decides to hunt down and kill these man-eating tigers to save the villagers. Corbett is also enjoyable because he doesn't sing his own praises, nor does he adopt an irritating false modesty. He points out his mistakes and even calls himself foolish when he thinks he was, but he also credits himself (matter-of-factly, again, not boastfully) with his skills and experience. This is extremely enjoyable to read, much better than if he'd played at being overly humble or bragged up his own abilities. In 1943, whilst Corbett was recovering from typhus fever, his close friend and manager of India's branch of Oxford Press, R.E. Hawkins, convinced him to write a book for publishing. Using the 1935 Jungle Stories as a basis, Corbett wrote Man-Eaters of Kumaon (10 stories) which was first published by Oxford University Press in 1944. [4] Notable editions [ edit ]

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Foucault, M. (2003). “Society must be defended”: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-76 (A. I. Davidson, Ed. & D. Macey, Trans.). Picador. Abridged Educational Edition published for schools under the title 'The Mohan Man-Eater and Other Stories' – illustrated by C.H.G. Moorhouse Man-eaters, however, are another thing entirely, and he always emphasised that even the man-eater, almost invariably prevented by injury or age from hunting his natural prey, is neither guilty nor cruel. But it learns its business, sometimes fearfully well. Corbett never apologised for enjoying shooting as a sport in his early years, but he eventually turned to hunt exclusively man-eaters, for the protection of the people to whom he dedicated one of his books: "My friends, the poor of India."