Spotting the Tiger

Many a times i have gone into the forest looking out for the tiger, i have spent my time energy and money in doing this time and again but have never spotted a tiger.

Nagarhole was one such forest that i visited in the middle of Apr 2006 with a fairly large group of wildertrailers. While all of us had the hope of seeing the tiger, most animals were elusive for us during the brief 2 1/2 day stay we had.

It rained heavily pushing all the animals in to the forest.Then i met K M Chinnappa, the ex-wildlife warden of the sanctuary, but i call him the "Terror of Nagarhole". He is a staunch conservationist and belives that no outsider should enter the forest, atleast this will help preserve the 3-4% of the land area that is wild. This made me think about why so monay induviduals including me want to see the tiger.

We have many friends in our cities, how many times do we get to meet all of them accidentaly? (with this i mean bumping into someone without appoinment in a mall, road,etc) . The answer to this question for atleast 50-60 % of my friends is never, and of the remaining say 10% i have bumped into more often than the rest, why is this so ? we have common interests in the location where we meet.

In this context, What common interst do we share with the tiger ? Absolutely nothing... then why should the tiger meet us ?

Simply put we do not have an appointment with the tiger !!!