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On World Environment Day




On World Environment Day, pick up one of our fascinating, informative books. From the deeply scholarly look at ecology and culture to polemical works to the straightforwardly enjoyable, there is plenty to read on nature, culture and the environment.
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Vasant Saberwal and Mahesh Rangarajan (eds), Battles over Nature

Mukul Sharma: Green and Saffron

Mahesh Rangarajan, India’s Wildlife History

Julie Hughes: Animal Kingdoms

Ramachandra Guha, How Much Should a Person Consume?

Ramachandra Guha,  Unquiet Woods
 
 Mahesh Rangarajan and K. Sivaramakrishnan (eds): India's Wildlife History ( 2 volumes)

Valmik Thapar (ed.), Saving Wild Tigers 1900–2000

Dhriti K. Lahiri Choudhury: A Trunk Full  of Tales

Zai Whitaker, Sálim Ali for Schools

Aasheesh Pittie: Birds in Books

Gunnel Cederlöf and K. Sivaramakrishnan (eds), EcologicalNationalisms

EHA (E.H. Aitken), Zoo in the Garden

Salim Ali, A Bird’s Eye View (2 volumes)

Ghazala Shahabuddin & Mahesh Rangarajan
(eds), Making Conservation Work





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