History of India's Green: Meghaa Gupta
It's never too late to save our environment. Meghaa Gupta is out with another book for children- Unearthed- An Environmental History of Independent India . Published by Puffin, this nonfiction book takes a look at the fate of our forests since the day of our country's independence. 1. Why did you choose to explore environmental history for your book? In 2013, I was commissioned to compile a guide on courses and careers in the environmental field for students in India. As I went about speaking to a slew of professionals working in this field, I was fascinated. History seemed to be coming at me from all directions. Whether it was MC Mehta who spoke to me about his pioneering work as an environmental lawyer or Mike Pandey, who shared his spellbinding accounts of being a wildlife documentary filmmaker at a ...