Hello Sabyasachi,

Shri. Kailash Sankhala, the first director of Project tiger and crusader of wildlife conservation was very much against the term NATIONAL PARK. He referred that Nature should not be limited to National feelings and Park means picnic.

He tried to convince many to change the term National Parks. Similarly he was against naming the reserves after national leaders. He was very upset when Anaimalais was renamed as Indira Gandhi National Park.

Nature Preserves is very appropriate.

Our reserves require a radical change, right from the name !!!