i did not know this and neither might have you. our honorable finance minister has given a HUGE grant for tiger conservation.

yes folks and that money will save the tigers from the brutal assault it is facing on mining, tree logging, quarrying and other 'friendly' acts that our government is so fond and which are touted as 'development'. adding to this insult called development, we also have encroachment, poaching and other things that are 'too friendly' for the tiger.

now in order to become more friendly towards tiger conservation, our government in its budget has sanctioned a whopping monster of a money. yes folks it is 50 crore rupees.

well please don't stare at the monitor. a nation with a trillon dollar economy has just peanuts for tigers.

shame shame
on the wall
who is the most
shameful of them all.

well we know the answer don't we. one of leading hindu newspaper editor has expressed her rightful frustration on this meager breadcrumb for tiger conservation. she also illustrates the tribal bill angle from the view of conservationists.

she has chronicled neatly in a 1, 2 punch in following para's.
The tiger is up against more than just poachers. The Tiger Task Force report showed that about 80 per cent of India’s tigers live in the Western Ghats, Central India and the Terai. These are the very regions which have been “put up for sale” by the government under the guise of so-called development. Prime wildlife habitat and pristine jungles in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh have been lost to corporations which see land, forest, and water as resources to be exploited. It is the government’s handling of these regions that makes their intentions suspect not only for tiger or wildlife conservation but even for tribals.
The same tribal people that have been promised forest land were ousted from their lands in favour of Special Economic Zones, large mining companies, big dams, etc., thereby exposing policy inconsistencies towards tribal people.

lie lie
on the wall
who is the most
lieful of them all.
tiger, tiger
whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do
we are coming after you

we come and destroy
your living forests
we need development
we aint need no tiger

when we come
we come to kill you
we need development
we aint need any nature

tiger, tiger
whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do
we are coming after you