Shoot a tiger for Rs 150: How the Indian government wooed the world to hunt in India

India's Project Tiger has pulled the country's tiger population from the brink of collapse and revived it But there was a time after Independence when hunting often associated with the British Raj was encouraged by the Indian government Tiger-shooting holidays were advertised in American magazines films on shikar were screened abroad and tourists paid $620 for a 10-day hunting expedition in India