For someone who asked "where animals walked before there were roads". I would say there always were pathways in the Indian forests.
Sabyasachi: comparision is as insignificant as a drop vis a vis an ocean of water.
Kiran Khanzode: Gond and Baiga tribes have lived in that region for hundreds if not thousands of years,
Sabyasachi: The small settlements in the forests in the past vis-à-vis the billions of homo sapiens in the present day, with their massive ecological footprints. I am not sure how people can’t see the difference.
before your canon/nikon equipment existed.
Sabyasachi: Completely irrelevant point. Here your tone is sarcastic and insulting.
Kiran Khanzode: Humans and Tigers lived together (some do even today).
Sabyasachi: Not sure what you mean by together. You mean as pets?
Do you mean existence of human settlements in the same forest? Tiger needs inviolate spaces. The tigress can’t and won’t deliver its cubs in an area disturbed by humans. At birth, cubs can’t see and are vulnerable. If the tigress has gone far away insearch of food, then she can’t respond when there is a threat. If the mother is nearby, she can try to ward off the threat or shift the cubs to a safer place. Hence the need for inviolate spaces.
Kiran Khanzode: Most of the villages inside Tiger reserves have been moved out/relocated from the Indian national parks/Tiger reserves.
Sabyasachi: Really? Can you cite your source please? For your information, the extremely slow process of relocation is often used by the anti-conservationist lobby to argue that inviolate spaces can never be created and hence to drop the idea.
Kiran Khanzode: Before they were national parks, these were the hunting grounds of the Kings and Princes of Indian territories. You think they walked for the bloodsport? No, they rode elephants or horses/chariots with a huge entourage and that means "roads/pathways/walkways" get created. That red sandy soil you see in the image is a part and parcel of the natural habitat. No one came and dumped that inside the national parks to create "roads", they probably enhanced them once the tourists started riding jeeps to see tigers.
Sabyasachi:…..and obliterated the moment it is unused. Since you have visited Bandhavgarh, you may have known that it was the seat of the erstwhile rulers of Rewa. After they moved themselves to Rewa, Bandhavgarh was taken over by the forests.
Kiran Khanzode:Do remember we are talking about a country which has a documented history of at least 5000+ years....humans didn't land here 200 or 300 years ago by ships and create roads for animals.
Sabyasachi: Absolutely. I am an Indian and have read and stayed in India - unlike many others - barring for business travel and pleasure trips abroad. I don't need to be reminded of the history of my country by some one else.
Kiran Khanzode:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiga_%28tribe%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondi_people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India
Sabyasachi: Thanks for these links. They are completely irrelevant to the discussion. It seems you are desperately trying to confuse the issue.
Anyway, it's a pointless question to ask.
Sabyasachi: Absolutely. If someone reads my previous comment, s/he will understand that this discussion is absolutely needless.
Kiran Khanzode:I would rather discuss more about the merits/ bad habits of cloning in photography (post processing) than "roads" in some animal's habitat.
Sabyasachi: I don't clone. However, it is a different discussion altogether. Talking about it is just confuse the issue if any.
Kiran Khanzode:Sabyasachi, it appears that you are almost accusing someone of distracting/disturbing the animal for getting that head turn in the image. Hmm...