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At the Feet of Living Things (Book Review)

  🦜 In this book , the Nature Conservation Foundation's scientists and researchers describe their experiences with conservation in India. 🕊 They've been trekking through mountains, coral reefs, and forests since 1996, describing, documenting, protecting, and restoring species and ecosystems.  🦜 They have conducted research on primates, snow leopards, hornbills, elephants, dugongs, fish, and other animals.  🕊 They have encountered the sometimes harsh reality of living with nature's wild side in local communities.  🕊 They have also worked hard to bring children and citizens together to celebrate and learn about it. 🦜 Each deeply personal and reflective narrative in this book goes beyond the science to describe the challenges of conservation.  🕊 At the Feet of Living Things has something for everyone, whether you are a student, researcher, conservation practitioner, wildlife manager, nature enthusiast, or an interested citizen. 🦜 Have you guys ever won...

Strategic Challenges: India in 2030 Edited by Jayadeva Ranade (Book Review)

 ⚜ This book presents opinions on a wide range of intriguing subjects. The book's content is already heavily implied by its title. ⚜ The book contains 10 chapters. The former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale first discusses the major issues in the introduction section. Then ten individuals presented their expertise on various subjects related to the title. The top strategists and thinkers in India penned these chapters. ⚜ This book emphasizes the serious strategic issues that India is currently facing and will confront by the year 2030. ⚜ The information in this book is simply too good. The authors have done a good load of research to write  their analysis on the topics.  ⚜ Some of the themes covered in this book include: India-US Relations, Aerospace: From a Security Perspective, India-China Relations, Land, Sea, and Air Technology, Challenges of AI, etc. This book has been expertly edited, making it concise enough to maintain interest while also being elaborated enough t...

The Body By The Shore by Tabish Khair (Book Review)

  It's difficult to put it into a single genre! It is of Science Fiction, Crime Mystery and Thriller genres.  ⏳ The story is told through the eyes of three central characters: a retired Danish police officer, a young Caribbean housekeeper, and a former covert operations mercenary, each of whom approaches the novel's central mystery from a different perspective.  ⏳ Switching from one narrative thread to another cleverly builds up the information available to readers, but it also disguises and hides things, much like the swirling North Sea waters around the decrepit oil rig.  ⏳ The Body By The Shore has a Scandi-noir vibe (Scandi noir, is a genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view) thanks to Jens Erik's Danish location and sensibilities, while the science fiction aspect felt like a Black Mirror storyline, albeit one told in much greater depth than an hour-long tv show can achieve. ⏳ The author - Khair - has a lot to say about modern racism, ho...