Ex-minister Kamal Morarka's book Roar: Asiatic lions, Indian tigers & the wild

Kamal Morarka has donned many hats — from an industrialist to politician to philanthropist. Now, the former Union minister wants to share his passion of photography.

Sanctuary magazine, one of India’s most respected publishers of wildlife photographs, has brought out his new book, Roar.

With an introduction by environmentalist Bittu Sahgal and a preface by Pritish Nandy, the book will feature the best of Morarka’s wildlife photographs taken over the past two decades.


This is the exotic cover of the book which features a handsome Indian tiger. (Image: BCCL)

With his trusted camera slung across his shoulder, Morarka has captured the beauty and the mystery of the wild during his travels all over India and other parts of the world.


A lonely rhino. (Image: BCCL)

The book features some rare photographs, like that of the Siberian cranes that used to travel to India from the Arctic tundra of Russia every winter. Morarka captured the last pair sighted in Bharatpur in 1992.


An elegant giraffe. (Image: BCCL)

Morarka also captured the power and dignity of the African elephant, the elegance of the giraffe, the majesty of the Asiatic lion and the quiet loneliness of the rhinoceros. But above all, he captured through his lens the passion and the beauty of the Indian tiger — his obsession, which is evident on the book’s cover. Roar not only features stunning visuals and the magic of the animal kingdom, but also a multi-faceted politician and his walk on the wild side.