20/06/2025
🐅 Honoring Valmik Thapar 🧚
Tiger Man of India
(1951–2025)
Today I want to honor a man whose life was a living prayer.
Not for himself.
But for the tigers of India—
and for the forests they protect.
Valmik Thapar passed on May 31st, at age 73.
For over 50 years, he walked the jungles of Ranthambore not as a tourist,
but as kin.
He knew the eyes of each tiger. Their calls. Their silences.
He watched them raise cubs, fight crocodiles, and vanish into shadow.
He lived not on purpose—
but in purpose.
And he reminded us:
“Without its apex predator, the forest itself will not survive.”
His bond with one tiger, Genghis, was legendary.
Their souls danced in a language beyond words.
In time, Valmik’s roar reached policy makers, poets, villagers, scientists—
anyone willing to listen.
Even now, the echo of his devotion still reverberates…
through the trees, the stripes, and the sacred stillness of wild places.
May we remember:
💛 To protect what is sacred is to honor life itself.
May we carry his light.
With reverence,
Noëlle
💝🐯🙏
