To quote Mr. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A / I was born in the U.S.A.” As such, and still residing there, I have too often found it too easy to become somewhat isolated from the rest of the world. As a country, the United States is both geographically large and culturally… well, loud might […]
To say I was excited to see a copy of Neha Sinha’s recently published “Wild and Wilful, Tales of 15 Iconic Indian Species” arrive on my desk from HarperCollins India would be an understatement. I have followed Ms. Sinha’s social media postings about India’s natural history for some time and I have learned a remarkable amount from her about both India’s wildlife and the conservation efforts undertaken on the behalf of it.
I recently received an email message from a reader who introduced himself as one to whom Dr. T.R. Shankar Raman was a much-respected mentor, enthusiastically recommending that I should consider Dr. Shankar Raman’s recently published book “The Wild Heart of India” for review. This being the first I had heard of the book’s publication, I began enquiries about it.