Wild And Wilful

Fifteen Indian species, from the widely known to the routinely overlooked, are each given a chapter here by a conservationist who has spent years in the field with them. Neha Sinha writes about big cats, elephants, birds and the smaller creatures people find hardest to live beside, combining natural history with reporting on policy, land use and conflict. The book treats each species as having behaviour and preferences worth understanding rather than as a line in a conservation report, and it is honest about how difficult coexistence has become. The science is present throughout but never pitched above a general reader. Things readers mention most: • Fifteen chapters, each built around a single Indian species • Field observation combined with conservation policy and law • Direct treatment of human wildlife conflict and shared landscapes • Written by a working conservationist rather than a visiting reporter For wildlife readers, environment students and anyone following conservation in South Asia, available at Boipoka.