A calendar that tells the tiger’s story | Events Movie News
The Tiger Calendar, featuring evocative photographs by wildlife photographer, nature conservationist Shiladitya Chaudhury, was launched today, bringing together striking images captured across India’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The calendar offers an intimate and thought-provoking look at the Indian tiger in its natural habitat, while exploring the complex realities of conservation and coexistence.The launch ceremony was attended by Dr Dhriti Banerjee, Director, Zoological Survey of India, fashion designer Abhishek Roy, and Shiladitya Chaudhury. Through powerful visuals and personal reflections, the calendar presents the tiger in many forms — majestic yet vulnerable, dominant yet increasingly confined as forest landscapes continue to shrink.Each month pairs a compelling photograph with insights from Chaudhury, creating a narrative that goes beyond imagery to address the growing challenges of man-animal conflict and the fragile balance between wildlife and human communities. The launch comes at a significant moment in India’s conservation journey. The country is currently home to over 3,700 tigers, accounting for nearly 78 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population, as Project Tiger completes 50 years.At its core, the Tiger Calendar also pays tribute to India’s forest guards and guides — the unsung protectors who work tirelessly, often at personal risk, to safeguard wildlife and forest ecosystems — while looking ahead to the next all-India tiger census scheduled for 2026.
