Book Review: "Where Have the Birds Gone?" by Asad Rahmani
Arguably one of the best books I have picked up, if only for its emotional impact. TW for bird death. (Also, I learned how to type emdashes on my computer. This is entirely an ape's handiwork, not a neural net's!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello, readers! I recently found Asad Rahmani's "Where Have the Birds Gone?" in a bookshop, and I LOVED IT! The book is split into two main sections; individual 'case-study' accounts of certain vanishing species, and a general overview of the threats that India's birds face. Dr Rahmani has clearly researched every aspect of this book in depth, and, charged with his poetic prose, this book is a wake-up call to the citizens of India to get off their chairs and do something to protect birds. "Where Have the Birds Gone?" begins with a cold opener; the phrase 'Humans may not have made the world, but we have certainly changed it.' The introduction makes the reader uncomfortable, to the point of cri...
