Eye of the tiger
The Hindu
McAllister got the man-eater during his shikar. Or did he not?
Uncle Dash was coming to dinner and our excitement knew no bounds. He was a great one for stories that took us on thrilling and terrifying adventures. After dinner, he told us of his early days as an assistant manager in an estate in the Nilgiris. “It’s not like what you see today. Big houses, tarred roads and street lights. Those days, it was just a mud road that ran through thick, shola forests. If there was a full moon, the pathway would be lit up; otherwise, it was just you and your senses. This was one of the reasons people did not like to walk around at night.” “What was the other reason?” asked my brother.
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