THE RANGERS LODGE

In early 1970's till about late 1980's, I used to accompany my Grandfathers, both paternal & maternal, on the shikars close to our ancestral farmlands along River Kosi, and as a young child I had developed a special bonding with the island forests amidst croplands & the loads of ungulates taking refuge in them, as they used to be the target of my Nana and Dada. Around this time the forests in the region had maintained a sizeable contiguity & occasionally tigers & leopards were sighted by the farmers of Terai in district Rampur which is also a Nawab estate due to which there were number of Shikaris and most of them accompanied the Nawab of Rampur. My grandparnts were never a part of the Royal Shikaris. With fond memory, after 4 decades, I could identify Pintails, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Eurasian Vigeon, Black-necked Stork, Woolly necked storks, Red-headed Ibis, Sarus Crane, etc... With imran khan, the naturalist nature interpretation guide. The ranger's lodge in corbett...