Dehradun, Sept. 7 -- The Books from My Shelves - 8

Dr Samir Sinha

I grew up in a home surrounded by books as my late father was a lawyer and my mother is a retired professor of Hindi Literature. That interest has endured and, today, my study is overflowing with books that cover a wide swathe of interest and often deep personal memories. Let me share some of these with you.

Amongst my large collection of books on ecology and wildlife conservation - tigers, elephants, birds, butterflies, reptiles, et al - Jim Corbett's books have pride of place. Of these, "My India" stands out. Dedicated to "my friends the poor of India", it moves away from his well-known hunting exploits and is a social chronicle and tribute to the simple, hard-working,...