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The fourth book in PRH Duckbill's nonfiction series for 8-12-year-old  kids, 10 Indian Champions Who Are Fighting To Save the Planet  is an  interesting read about people who are doing their bit to preserve the  environment for the present and future generations. This book  spotlights  ten eco champions and equips with you with information  to do your bit for the environment.  A must for every home and school library! Radha Rangarajan, co-author of this book, shares more details.                                          1. What criteria did you choose to shortlist the champions for this book?   We first came up with a list of names of all the inspiring people who have worked on and are continuing to work on wildlife conservation, research and environmental issues. Some of the topics we wanted to cover were - birds, large mammals, marin...

She is an instant hit in the Mumbai school and college circuit.   Be it nature walks, talks or children books on animals, Katie Bagli is everyone's  first choice. Kahani Takbak quizzed the nature loving author about her new release,   The Less Known Lovables (Shree Books). 1                                    1. Tell us a bit about your journey as a writer. I began writing about 7 years ago.  It just happened.  I completed some correspondence courses in Entomology, Biodiversity and Botany with BNHS.  These courses involved quite a few field trips where I got excited seeing creatures in the wild.  Their behavior fascinated me and inspired me into writing.  2    Did you start your career as an author or an illustrator? I definitely began as a writer, the illustrating was purely incidental. 3    Your lov...