BBC Knowledge June 2017

Thank you for bringing

out such a good issue.

Faheem Ruhani, Mumbai,

via email

Faheem, by happy

coincidence, we have

Mahasweta Devi in this

issue!

• Editor

The Wildlife

Special issue

is indeed

special.

I have roamed

a lot of forests like

Madumalai, Ranthambore

and Kaziranga in search of

tigers, but lady luck didn’t

favour me. I thank BBC

Knowledge magazine for

bringing the striped cat

closer to me. Hopefully,

this time I will spot one

in Pench.

‘The Ghost of the

Mountain’, which

profiled the life of Anu,

the snow leopard, and

her cubs was a pertinent

addition to the wildlife

issue and I really enjoyed

reading it.

The In Focus section LETTERS MAY BE EDITED FOR CLARITY OR LENGTH

reminded me of my visit to

Keoladeo Ghana National Park

(Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary).

Dr Salim Ali deserves a standing

ovation. His teaching is well

embedded in the minds of

the rickshaw-pullers who act

as first-class guides and

birdwatchers in the national park.

Our country needs clones

of Ismat Chughtai. I can’t picture

a stronger woman than her.

The feature on her was

an interesting read.

The portfolio (‘What Lies

Beneath’) needs special mention.

BBC Knowledge is a magazine

that imparts pertinent and

pleasurable knowledge. I could

go on and on with a list of my

favourites in this magazine.

I crave it every month. Keep

igniting our ‘curious’ minds.

Suparva Ghosh, West Bengal,

via email

I was pleasantly
surprised and
delighted to read
the April 2017 issue
of BBC Knowledge.
I loved reading Urvashi Butalia’s
essay on Ismat Chugtai, perhaps
the only author I have read in Urdu

• not because I can read the Urdu
  script but because David Sassoon
  Library in Mumbai has some of
  her books in the Devnagari script.
  I thoroughly enjoyed the personal
  insights that Urvashi brought to
  the article.
  I also got nostalgic reading
  the short, one-page article on
  Dr Salim Ali on the last page.
  It took me back to std VI in school
  when my English teacher first
  made us aware of him. I really
  devoured it. There were also
  some interesting factoids/ tidbits:
  like the one on farts. Lol.
  Was also startled to learn that,
  in the future, we could access
  Facebook just by thinking about it in
  our minds. There were many such
  tidbits that were very interesting
  to read.
  Could you please cover
  Mahasweta Devi in the Know
  your Author section? Please get
  somebody who knew her
  personally to write.