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Congress leader talks about a little known aspect of Indira Gandhi's life - conservation of nature

Congress leader and former environment minister Jairam Ramesh talks to Nitin Sethi about a little known aspect of Indira Gandhi’s life — conservation of nature.

You have just completed a book, Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature. Did her passion for nature make her and India any different from how they are usually understood?

As far as Indira Gandhi as a politician is concerned, she was indisputably far ahead of her times. Of course, she was a naturalist. She had a personal passion for nature to which she had come after a long love affair with birdwatching. 

She also took