THE LIVING AIR
The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching
by Aasheesh Pittie
JUGGERNAUT
In an age when trophy-hunting birders (serious hobbyists) outnumber birdwatchers (casual observers), Aasheesh Pittie's The Living Air is a timely nudge to find joy in watching birds without prejudice.
Growing up as a birdwatcher (not yet a birder) in 1990s' Bangalore, I was acquainted with Pittie's name. It appeared on the imprint line of Newsletter for Birdwatchers, the brainchild of Zafar Futehally, nephew of celebrated 'birdman' Dr Salim Ali and no less of an illustrious icon. Pittie took on the mantle from Futehally. They co-founded Indian Birds, which has since grown into a journal of popular ornithology. And Pittie, based in Hyderabad, has earned repute as a scholarly bibliographer of ornithological epistemology.
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