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Shashank Birla
Shashank Birla works in a family business in Mumbai involving imports of recovered waste paper. Passionate about wildlife since childhood, he is happiest tramping off into the wilderness whenever the opportunity arises. He has undertaken several short-term courses to improve his understanding of natural history and conservation and participates in various citizen science initiatives. He posts as @birlashashank on Instagram and blogs at shashankbirla.wordpress.com.
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Dhimant Vyas
We pose five questions about the natural world and the importance of edutainment to this veteran artist and animation film designer
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Giri Cavale
The award-winning wildlife photographer on tracking big cats, camera traps, and tourism
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Sanjana Raj
We chat about wildlife, photography, and what it’s like to be a woman in the field, with this engineering student and wildlife photographer
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Shivang Mehta
We pose five questions about nature photography and photo tourism to this journalist-turned-wildlife photographer
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Sitara Karthikeyan
We pose five questions about nature and the environment to this award-winning young wildlife photographer
InterviewenvironmentQuick Five: Sumer Verma
We pose five questions about photography and technique to a veteran underwater photographer
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A birder writes about his morning with the Red-breasted Merganser at Vasai, the scene of its first authentic sighting in India
Travel GuidetravelAmboli
Don't go just for the waterfalls. This hill station has an abundance of biodiversity
DestinationtravelNotes From A Kitchen Window
A birder has an early morning date with the 'jewel of the monsoon'. In Mumbai, no less. An ode to the ODKF
Travel GuidetravelSariska
After years of infamy, Sariska is clawing its way back into the league of India’s premier national parks
DestinationtravelTop 10 Places To Go Birdwatching—Mumbai
A list of birdwatching hotspots in and around the sleepless metropolis of Mumbai
Travel GuideguideAmboli
Don't go just for the waterfalls. This hill station has an abundance of biodiversity
Travel GuideguideSariska
After years of infamy, Sariska is clawing its way back into the league of India’s premier national parks