To me he is the one who changed my way of life, his books were like textbooks for me which I read & tried to find it out in practical in Jungle. I work as a Naturalist in Corbett National Park & live in Mohan where Jim shot his "Maneater of Mohan" & Respect him like a saint.

I have a fond memory of visiting Jim Corbett's residence while returning to Delhi from Nainital some 22 years ago. In my school days, we had a chapter or two from the books by Jim Corbett. That probably was my only acquaintence with him. However, after spending some 30 minutes at Jim Corbett's viewing all the pictures, exhibits etc, my mind become completely still, silent. I felt entrance to a realm of consciousness, and a differnet world which was unsullied by the rush of modernity. Thank you for your work to alive the memory of Jim Corbett.

I had no knowledge about Jim Corbett when I first read his "Man Eaters of Kumaon" and was impressed for the rest of my life. Most amazing for me is how many talents this man had. Of course, he was a great hunter, and he was a great anturalist who started campaigning to save a tiger earler than others (one of tiger species is named after him), and he also had a greatest writing talent, but most importantly he was a great human being, loved primarily for his greatest human heart, and trusted as very few humans had been trusted. I believe his name is very much underrated. Thanks to Jim Corbett Assiciation for all its efforts to give a justice to the memory of this great Man!

just finished reading MAN EATERS OF KUMAON. repenting now for not having it read in the past 24 years (excluding the first 4 years of childhood). and thanks a lot for your wonderful effort Jaleel. came across some wonderful pics of Jimmy the Gentleman.

25 JULY 2008:

It was 50 years ago, after reading MAN EATERS OF KUMAON, I eagerly contacted the British counsel in India asking for Corbett's address in the hope of getting in touch with that great man. In a post card reply it said " Jim Corbett is now dead". Disappointed, but vowed to find out more about him, and soon read all his five books, reviewed some of them for a local news paper and published a biography of Corbett in 1964. This was the beginning of my quest in search of Jim Corbett. By traveling to Kumaon, Kenya, Tanganyika, England, Sweden and other parts of Europe and India, I came in contact with several of his friends and relatives over the years, and it was precisely 14 years ago, the Jim Corbett Foundation was established after restoring his grave in Kenya. I wish I had met him when I first read his book as a boy. Now I accept the fact that death is a part of life. Most of Corbett's friends and relatives I met in the last 50 years have now gone to the happy hunting grounds. ( Jerry Jaleel)