Description

As birds and birding gain wide popularity, this volume remaps natural history writings in India. It brings together some of the best writings on the role of birds in human life—from religion to entertainment, mythology to science, superstition to wisdom. Edited, with an Introduction, and biographical head-notes to the writings by Abdul Jamil Urfi, this volume will interest nature lovers, birdwatchers, environmentalists, and conservationists, as well as general readers. From the Panchatantra, The Baburnama, and The Jahangirnama to writings by the inimitable Edward Hamilton Aitken (EHA), and Sálim Ali, this anthology brings together a diverse collection of literary writings on birds of India. It also includes works by contemporary greats and public figures like S. Theodore Baskaran, R.S. Dharmakumarsinhji, Madhav Gadgil, William Dalrymple, Rudyard Kipling, Jawaharlal Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad, Khushwant Singh,Mark Twain, and many others.