Face the Lions
Story of Asia’s Lions
This excellent book Introduces the lion and its present habitat and examines through written and visual records the interaction between this magnificent animal and humans in Asia, from the earliest available historical records to the present day.
“The Story of Asia’s Lions by Divyabhanusinh; Marg Publications, Mumbai, 2005; pages 260, Rs.1,850 (hardbound).
“WILDLIFE history is a nascent discipline in India. To document the history of a species, one should have not only adequate field experience but also the rigorous discipline of a historian. That the author of this book, Divyabhanusinh, has these qualities is amply demonstrated in this work. Earlier, he built up a formidable reputation as a wildlife historian with his book End of a Trail: The Cheetah in India (1995). Now we have this sparkling new book on the Asiatic lion, in which he builds on his experience of research and surpasses his earlier work. If the tiger is the national animal of India, the lion gets pride of place in the national emblem, the lion capital. While the tiger is found in a few other countries, the Asiatic lion is found only in India, that too just in one small pocket.”
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