It is God’s grace that with the help and support of so many people I could translate my experience in Ranthambhore into this book. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who stood by me an offered their encouragement in this endeavour. Rajesh Yadav, my friend and former Collector of Sawaimadhopur, for motivating me to share my experiences; Dr AJT Johnsingh, eminet biologist, and R P Kapoor, retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Rajasthan, for taking special interest in reviewing the script; the state government of Rajasthan for giving me the opportunity to serve in Ranthambhore; all my seniors and colleagues of Rajasthan Forest Department for their good wishes. Dr Rajesh Gopal, Director, Project Tiger, Dr Yadvinder Jhalla, Dr S P Goyal, Dr Divyabhanusinh (President, WWF-India), and Raj Chengappa (Chief Editor, India Toda) for their critical comments. Naresh Pal Gangwar, the then collector Sawaimadhopur, for his support and help in the management of the National Part; Govind Gupta, the then Superintendent of Police of Sawaimadhopur, for his continuous support towards the protection of forest and wildlife; Sudarshan Sharma and Mahesh Gupta (Assistant Conservator of Forests), Ranveer Singh Bhandari, Shailendra Yadav, Jodhraj singh Hada, Ravinder Singh Kala (Range Forest Officers), and all the frontline staff of Ranthambhore during my tenure; Abhay Singh, Phool chand, Mahinder Sing, Ranjeet Singh and Mohan Singh for their help during monitoring and tracking different tigers. Nanak Chand Dhingra for his tips on wildlife photography and moral suppor; Bittu Sahgal (Editor Sanctuary Asia), for suggestions on maintaining sighting records of different tigers. A Pratapsinh Sisodia, Maharavat of Pratapgarh, Raja Digvijay Singh of Dhamotar, Vyom and Nagesh Ghai, Ravindra Jain and Arvind Jain of Ranthambhore School Art Subhash Gautam, Hemraj Meena, Rajesh Gujjar, Nafees – all naturalists of Ranthambore – and many other nature guides who gave me time-to-time information about the location and territory of different tigers. Arvind Sharma for helping me in compiling the vast data of the pugmark evidence and sighting records by the staff of Ranthambhore; my friend Navneet Rally for assistance in finding the right publishers. I am indebted to my loving parents and elders for their blessings. Last but not the least, this book would not have been possible without my fife Ritu’s invaluable contributions.