Raza Kazmi
Conservationist I Wildlife Historian I Storyteller I Stories in @the_Hindu, @IndianExpress, @FiftyTwoDotIn, @RGSustain1, @SanctuaryAsia, @thewire_in
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Over the years, scholars have written extensively on how the 1857 First War of Independence played out in the Gangetic plains & parts of central India. But what happened in the Cho...
*The Forest Bungalows of Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002): A Thread* Much before Madhavan's Farhan (who eventually became a meme for a young wannabe male wildlife photographer) in 3 Idiot...
*Tiger Natural History Lessons from Zanjeer: A Thread* Zanjeer (1973) remains one of the most iconic Bollywood films of all time. I remember being quite obsessed with it as a kid...
A thread on some natural history & anthropological observations I made while watching Bimal Roy's classic Madhumati (1958) starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Pran, Johnny Walker...
*Forest Villages that record their own history* This large stone slab is called "Hora Diri" in Mundari language, which literally means "Path/Way Stone". Hora Diris usually give ge...