'Poor' India Saved Lions, Tigers: Kamal Haasan Furious!

British Media has always been extremely harsh against India as they maintain a very dismissive tone while speaking about the country. They have done a similar thing while speaking about increasing population in India.

There is this one particular leading British publication, which labelled India as a poor country, but was able to preserve its animal population in a very good manner.

This extremely aggressive choice of words where disability publication referred to India as a poor country has immediately grabbed the attention of South Indian actor Kamal Haasan.

Kamal Haasan had a very strong reaction to this as he pointed out that the British appear to be still holding something against India, even after the colonial rule. He pointed out that India has always been good with animal conservation, regardless of the British empire here.

Since ancient times Indians have understood that humans and animals can share a landscape. Tamil Nadu’s Jallikattu is one living expression of that ancient harmony.

These achievements deserve to be celebrated and championed, not viewed through a patronising colonial lens.

India’s Project Cheetah has gone from an audacious idea to 60 cheetahs, 41 born in India. There were initial setbacks, including adult deaths and cub mortality, but the Indian Government persevered, learnt and adapted. It is an extraordinary moment of genuine national pride, he pointed out.

It is an established, the fact that it is the British empire that resulted in the depletion of animal numbers in India in the first place. This is cleverly, pointed out by Kamal Haasan with numbers, and he certainly has a strong point to make.