Animal lovers

Under the new dispensation, animals have acquired a new halo - we are being asked to do things vis-a-vis animals for political reasons as well

Book wise, the last six months have been very lucky for me. I have constantly discovered new authors and wonderful books. 

First, I found the mystery crime thriller writer, Sujata Massey. Her stories are situated in the Bombay of the 1920s.

Then I found that extraordinary book on the Great Indian Hedge by Roy Moxham. He found that British customs had planted a 2,300 mile-long hedge to prevent the smuggling of salt between British India and Indian India, that is, the princely states.

And last month I chanced upon a book by Radhika Govindarajan, a young anthropologist who teaches in