Valmik Thapar with master painters Gajanand Singh and Narayan Singh who created art works at Ranthambhore railway station, an initiative by Thapar

Valmik Thapar's day out with the tigers
Valmik Thapar first went to Ranthambhore in 1976, as a 23-year-old. He was a city boy and unsure of what lay ahead. When he entered the forest, which would go on to become one of the last strongholds of wild tigers, it had a profound effect on him, changing his life forever. For the next 40 years, he studied nearly 200 Ranthambhore tigers. Of the many he observed, a few became special, and it is these that are brought to life in a new title, Living with Tigers.