# Rumble

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**Author:** Sivaram Hariharan
 **Pages:** 264 **Year of Publication:** 2013 **Price:**
Rs 350 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-058-1 (9789350450581)

_**About the Author**_
 Dr Sivaram Hariharan is a professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
His other books include _Pride: A Tale of Lions_ (2001), _Code-E2121: A Solution
for Terrorism_ (2003) and _Bees: A Hive of Short Stories_ (2005). Apart from writing,
his other interests are music and chanting Vedas. You can find out more about him
[here](https://sites.google.com/site/omsriguru/sivaram).

_**Teaser**_

In his preface to the book, Dr Hariharan writes:

“_Rumble_ is the story of an elephant in the wild and wherever possible I have taken
the utmost care to realistically describe wild elephant behaviour, the facts of 
which I have gathered from various books and documentaries on wild elephants and
also interviews with forest guides, trackers, and temple mahouts. _Rumble_ also 
deals with human-pachyderm interactions in crucial parts, but the scenario and the
context are entirely different…

Today the Asiatic elephant, more than its African cousin (also potentially endangered),
is living a precarious existence in the last remaining and fast diminishing wild
tracts of Asia. It requires more than a song, more than a lone voice of conscience,
to get things really moving with regard to protecting the animal and its habitat.
In fact, habitat protection and establishment of key migration corridors is vital
for the survival of this magnificent creature said to be the embodiment of the elephant-
headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha himself. Hindu mythology also reserves a special place
for the pachyderm in the form of holy devotee elephants like Gajendra. The six-tusked
white elephant, Airavat, is the official carrier of the King of the Gods, Indra,
in the Hindu pantheon. Even in real life, in recent history, the annals of Kerala
in southern India record the life of the great devotee elephant, Shri Guruvayoor
Keshavan, whose real-life exploits are legendary to say the least.”