Description‘Pleasure at having secured a magnificent trophy was not unmixed with regret, for neveragain would the jungle folk and I listen with held breath to his deep-throated callresounding through the foothills, and never again would his familiar pug-marks show onthe game paths that he and I had trodden for fifteen years.’After fifteen years of watching him grow into youth and old age in the forestsof Kumaon, Jim Corbett, the fabled hunter-naturalist and writer, shoots atiger who has become a man-eater. His pleasure-mixed-with-regret at thisvictory which is also, in the end, murder is the central paradox that makesself-aware shikar literature a compelling exploration of our epic and imperfectexistence. This collection of non-fiction and fiction about encounters betweenhumans and big cats in the Indian subcontinent and Africa brings us the best ofthis genre of literature, with its gripping narratives, unforgettable images andsplendid descriptions of wild nature.Besides Corbett, it includes masters of the genre like J.H. Patterson, whowrites about the terror of lions and men in Kenya during the laying of railwaylines in the 1890s; Hugh Allen, who had thrilling adventures with tigers andleopards in central India; and Augustus Somerville, who wrote the neglectedclassic At Midnight Comes the Killer. There are also surprising lyrical andhumorous real-life and imagined stories by Mrs W.W. Baillie and Mrs M.A.Handley—two unusual women of the Raj; the naturalist EHA (a foundingmember of the Bombay Natural History Society); and writers Saki and DhanGopal Mukerji. And lest we forget that reluctant hunters were the exceptionand hunting was mainly about ‘sportsmen’ who delighted in chase andslaughter, there are also accounts of the horrors of shikar.Compiled by a group of wildlife enthusiasts, this anthology showcasesbrilliant, old-fashioned storytelling, and some of the finest writing onadventure and wildlife produced over a century.Yamuna river flowing through it and the forested Ridge area providing diverseflora and fauna, it is home to a splendid natural heritage. Entire cities havebeen built within Delhi over the centuries, and each of these cities is filledwith distinct architectural marvels. Delhi also has varied and ever-evolvingarts, crafts, customs and language, which are its valuable living heritage.Find out all about Delhi and its thriving heritage in this book. Full ofinteresting information and exciting activities, Dilliki Shaan is a must read foreverybody.