India, Jan. 5 -- I begin most mornings the same way: with a cup of tea in one hand and the newspaper in the other. It is a ritual that took root early in my childhood and, to my mild surprise, has survived into later life-one of the few habits to do so. Some friends insist that both tea and newspapers now contribute equally to acidity, given the tone of contemporary headlines. Still, I persist. There is something especially satisfying about reading the paper on the first day of the year, when the noise of daily updates gives way to reflection and summary. This year, too, the tradition held.One article that caught my attention focused on Project Tiger. On the surface, it carried good news: years of sustained conservation have led to a welc...