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Sariska (The Tiger Reserve Roars Again)

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	Publisher: Niyogi Books
	Author Sunayan Sharma
	Language: English
	Pages: 224 (Color and Illustrations)
	Cover: PAPERBACK
	8.5x7 inch
	Weight 590 gm
	Edition: 2015
	ISBN: 9789383098712
	HBV747

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About the Book Sariska, in Rajasthan, has been one of the most famous national parks in India, especially for its tigers. However, it had lost every single one of its tiger population to poachers a decade ago. The revelation was devastating. It sent shock waves not only throughout India but also abroad. After much discussions, apprehensions, arguments, legal battles, and interference of the Prime Minister, a few tigers were shifted from Ranthambhore to Sariska. This was the first such experiment anywhere in the world which turned out to be a grand success. Sariska has now more than a dozen tigers. This and several other such interesting and revealing experiments are discussed in this book by the one who was directly involved in these developments. The author, then field director of Sariska, describes his first-hand experiences in a most thrilling and revealing manner. The challenges faced by the author on creating waterholes for the wild animals, strengthening check posts to stop poaching, confrontations with villagers and local politicians, and so on are described in detail. The book will doubtlessly be a valuable addition to the existing thin wildlife literature. This will be a valuable possession for not only wildlife lovers and administrators, especially of national parks, but also for environmental and social organisations as well as students.

About the Author Deepak Kumar Sen is a senior journalist and professional photographer. He has worked with major media organisations like The Press Trust of India, Dainik Jagran, Sahara Samay, and is a regular columnist for various reputed newspapers. He holds a Master's degree in History, a Master's in Hindi Literature, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. He produced a documentary titled Kumbh Ka Vigyan (The Science behind Kumbh) for Vigyan Prasar, which was featured at the National Science Film Festival and Competition in 2015. Currently, Sen is involved in new media and digital media as a mediapreneur. His hometown is Allahabad (now known as Prayagraj), with his home situated near the Sangam.

Preface Pariska is one of the finest nature reserves in India. In 1973, 1 passed through Sariska on my way to Delhi. This brief encounter mesmerised me. I fell in love with its pristine wilderness. Twelve years later, higher education at Wildlife Institute of India brought me back to Sariska again. I thought it was a God-sent opportunity to study the Reserve in all its dimensions. I set out to comb the most important parts of the Reserve. I was spellbound when I came across the rich diversity of the flora and fauna of this Reserve. Tiger, of course, was the star attraction. But sambar, chital, blue bull, and wild boar were in abundance almost all over the Reserve. Large numbers of leopard and hyena also inhabited this Reserve. In 1978 Sariska came under Project Tiger. Funds started pouring in. Habitat improvement efforts, especially water harvesting structures, were taken up. This helped herbivores as well as tigers to increase their population. Poachers, however, posed a great threat to their safety. In the late 1980s, mining mafia became active and the habitat on the southern flank of the Reserve, falling under Tehla forest range, started depleting. In an effort to put an end to this illegal mining, Tarun Bharat Sangh, an NGO under the leadership of Rajendra Singh, filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India. In 1991, I took over as Field Director of the Sariska Tiger Reserve. I realised that Sariska was faced with multifarious problems not restricted to mining.

Introduction i have known Sunayan Sharma for over 20 years, first as an inquisitive and quick learner under training at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and then as a committed field officer in Sariska. Post-retirement he remains active in the tiger rehabilitation programmes in Sariska Tiger Reserve. Sariska is a difficult park to manage. Not because of any natural deficiency but because of weaker governance. Sariska too faces several constraints that plague many protected areas in our country. The problem of highways, relocation of villagers, ineffective participatory management of religious tourism, and lack of adequate frontline staff in fieldworthy age are the most critical constraints that stall efficacious management of the Park, as Sunayan convincingly brings out. The true value of Sariska as a vital aquifer for this semi-arid region of Rajasthan, and tiger conservation for achieving it, is apparently lost on the political powers that be. Sariska, easily is the best specimen of Aravali forests, and is a treasure trove of biodiversity with tiger at the crest, as Sunayan strives to bring out in this book. The freakish history of the treatment of the park during the past few decades points to the lack of concern and indecision that resulted in the Sariska debacle of 2004, when the Park was bereft of all its tigers. Sunayan's book deals with this crisis of governance with lessons for those responsible for the Park administration and those in political and administrative top hierarchy. This first-person account of Sariska's natural history in the backdrop of rich local political history and archaeology is absorbing and greatly informative. The thrilling notes on a close encounter with a courting pair of tigers and the much-belated but fiercely-welcome arrival of two cubs would rivet any reader's attention. Graphic details such as mitigation of constraints of water shortage and establishment of an effective network of anti-poaching patrol camps and an encounter with poachers would certainly engage any reader. A serious scholar of natural history and a keen visitor to the Park would find the book a potent means of information on Sariska. The author's keen eye and deep understanding with authentic citing of geographic locales around which he weaves the true story of Sariska is remarkable.

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