| Provides glimpses of the incredible diversity of India’s birds, the ecosystems where different kinds of birds are found, and the various ways - cultural and economic - in which birds have touched our lives. Also gives a brief account of the history of ornithology in India. Stresses on the serious threats that bird habitats and populations face, and gives a sense of both the continued erosion of Indian birdlife, as well as the rapidly growing efforts to save it |