There has been no greater PR person for the tiger in India than Valmik Thapar.The jacket of the book mentions that he has written 22 books on the tiger, all very well illustrated and mostly covering Rantham-bhore, which is where his fascination for the animal started 35 years ago. Tigers in the Emerald Forest is a cameo on the postrain period in Ranthambhore, after an exceptional monsoon last year.
As is to be expected, the book is replete with photographs of the greenery and of animals with a green backdrop, mostly of very good quality. Apart from the tigers, it covers the fort, flowers, birds, reptiles and other animals. Particularly noteworthy are pictures of the Sambar with a treepie and in dappled sunlight (p. 67). There is also an excellent photograph of a tiger marking a tree at full stretch. One would have wished for some photographs of butterflies, for monsoon is their season and perhaps some more close-ups of birds, during this their breeding season.