Brian Mcdermott

"We clung on as the elephant thrashed around in the undergrowth a few metres from a young female tiger baring her teeth in what was either a genuine threat or a world-weary yawn. "Picture, picture, picture," shouted the mahout as we tried to respond from the unsteady platform on the elephant’s back." The hunt for tigers is an elusive but rewarding experience — which is pretty much what you would say about India.