Remember seeing a live tiger for the first time??? It's arguably one of the most humbling experiences!!! The poise, the gait, and the sheer presence of the largest member of the 'Cat' family are both captivating and intimidating.
During school vacations, visit to Calcutta was an accepted ritual. At the Alipore Zoo, alongside other animals and birds, I saw a live Royal Bengal Tiger for the first time. Boy, wasn't it absolutely impressive!!!! One can easily gauge the excitement. We didn't have access to the likes of Discovery Channels and National Geographics back then. And jungle safaris (costly affair) were beyond imagination. All I had seen till then were photographs of the apex predator in magazines, and library and school textbooks. Hence, the transition from paper to reality was overwhelming, to say the least!!! However, it was equally sad to see such a force of nature in a cage.
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