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Tribute to Prince ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE Karthik B (Srinath) Hope I have given justice to you in my imagination Oh Prince! You were the wallpaper in many PCs and mobile phones; you were the undisputed king of Bandipur tigers in the tales told even in the homes of wildlife lovers, you were many photographers’ first tiger to have been sighted. Why have you forsaken me and left me stranded, Mighty Prince? without caring the slightest bit about the humans around you, nor did you pose dangers to the ones you encountered. There are numerous tigers in the same forest as you, yet none could match up to your magnetism and boldness. You gave each and every photographer elating recollections of seeing you and gave them some dazzling Thinking far back to the times when I was an amateur stances. to the universe of Wildlife Photography, I would have heard your name a zillion times at any point I happened Yet, when I recently came to see you in all your to cross the zone of any tiger reserve during my sojourns, glory, which the general populace had described with all from my companions who had been to Bandipur. striking details, on many an occasion, I went back without even catching a glimpse of your magnificence. That was the prominent spot you had in the minds of the hordes of Wildlife Photographers. You were the You were the tiger who had individuals go Gaga one whom the photographers hungered for, You were a over, and you are the tiger to have left the numerous specialty during your long rule in the realm of the forests photographers and wildlife lovers shattered over of Bandipur. your passing. I have not seen you ever in my life, but rather your sheer magnificence made me compose this Numerous Individuals took credits by clicking you exactly how I had imagined you from the tales of people aplenty, despite the fact that the individual who named describing you with all your intensity, boldness, you “Prince” hadn’t taken such a large amount of and Charisma. Despite everything, I don’t have the credit. You were an example of how overwhelming a foggiest idea, if I have been able to portray in this post, tiger can be in its own domain. You were the ‘first tiger’ for the presence you had. many individuals, yet you didn’t bestow upon me, your effortless grace, by taking a stroll in front of me ever, This is written just by the pictures I have come across and though I wished with all my heart, to see you walk the way Prince has been described by the forest officials languidly, giving me a head-on view with all your feline and the photographers in their various pictures. grace. Rest in Peace, Prince. The mighty prince is no more. You gave the numerous picture-takers a lump in their Long live the king! throats when you strolled imperially just close to them source: internet Vol 2|Issue 1|Mar - May 2017 21