The Wildest Sport of All
Prakash Singh
- 'I
- saw
- the
- grass
- shake
- and
- barely
- caught
- a
- glimpse
- of
- something
- yellow,
- a
- different
- shade
- than
- the
- dried
- clumped
- grass
- stems,
- that
- moved
- unmistakably
- towards
- me...'Before
- tiger
- hunting
- was
- officially
- banned
- in
- the
- 1970s,
- the
- great
- jungles
- of
- India
- swarmed
- with
- shikaris
- indulging
- in
- what
- was
- once
- considered
- a
- popular
- 'sport'.
- The
- Wildest
- Sport
- of
- All
- offers
- a
- first-hand
- account
- of
- the
- sport
- of
- tiger
- hunting
- in
- India.
- Narrated
- in
- the
- voice
- of
- an
- expert
- shikari,
- it
- takes
- the
- reader
- on
- an
- adventurous
- journey
- through
- the
- forests
- of
- the
- Kumaon
- and
- Garhwal
- mountains
- in
- north
- India.Vivid
- descriptions
- of
- pastures
- and
- ponds,
- the
- cacophony
- of
- wild
- animals
- and
- the
- eerie
- silence
- of
- lonely
- nights
- come
- together
- to
- evoke
- the
- tiger
- as
- a
- creature
- of
- dread
- and
- deification
- in
- these
- regions.
- Featuring
- stories
- of
- narrow
- escapes,
- unsolved
- mysteries,
- patient
- wait
- for
- the
- sighting
- of
- tigers,
- and
- clever
- ways
- of
- conquering
- the
- regal
- beast,
- The
- Wildest
- Sport
- of
- All
- sets
- out
- not
- to
- glorify
- hunting
- but
- to
- recreate
- a
- time
- of
- lawful,
- discriminatory
- shikar
- that
- brought
- the
- shikari
- close
- to
- nature.
- Its
- gripping
- yet
- sensitive
- style,
- together
- with
- the
- ability
- to
- inspire
- visceral
- feelings
- without
- resorting
- to
- cheap
- thrills,
- make
- it
- stand
- out
- in
- the
- long
- and
- august
- tradition
- of
- shikar stories.
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