A Wild Tapestry of Nature's Voices

Go Wild: Stories, essays and comics that celebrate the Earth

Go Wild: Stories, essays and comics that celebrate the Earth

This collection brings together voices from across India's most respected nature communicators and visual storytellers. You'll encounter creatures great and small: worker ants toiling in formation, amphibians calling through the night, urban pigeons in unexpected abundance, insects performing gravity-defying acrobatics. Trees stand sentinel in their groves while birds of countless species populate the skies above. The pages span multiple genres and formats. There's narrative fiction that pulls you into imagined worlds, factual pieces grounded in ecological knowledge, and illustrated comics that make learning joyful. One moment you're following the interconnected story of three waterways; the next you're scaling mountainous terrain or plunging beneath waves. The writing nudges you to reconsider how you see the natural world around you—not as backdrop, but as something alive with its own complexity and worth. This isn't a book that speaks at you about conservation. Rather, it invites you into genuine encounters with the living world, filtered through the eyes of authors and artists who've dedicated their careers to understanding it. Whether you're drawn to science, storytelling, or simply beautiful pictures, there's something here that'll resonate.

  • Author: Bijal Vachharajani
  • Publisher: Puffin
  • Genre: Environmental Studies
  • ISBN: 978-0143470564
  • Pages: 160 pages