Through the self-professed ramblings of the author, he tells us not only how to stay untouched while daily life carries on with crashes and booms around him, but also unravels the secret to writing. His all-time favourite author, Emily Bronte, wrote in dreary solitude of a house called Wuthering Heights
The changing seasons bring in exciting and subtle changes in the environment round the year. So, a Seasonal Nature Tracker helps record these transformations as we pay close attention to trees, flowers, animals and the weather, all of which have their own seasonal surprises.
Hindi enthusiasts and educators will also enjoy the book as the narratives are written from a deeply reflective point of view. Peeyush writes in the Introduction that the events mentioned in the book are aspects of nature that caught his interest. He describes it as if he had only caught hold of one end of a story;
Through verse, Whitaker tells this remarkable story of Ajay’s relationship with one of the most feared creatures on the planet. His respect, resilience, and dedication shine through, offering children a window into the lives of conservationists who work quietly, tirelessly, and often unseen in our forests.
Although told in fictionalized terms, this narrative speaks to very real conversations and circumstances around the erosion of food diversity and sovereignty.
The translator’s decision to leave words like gundi, mundi, murgi, and naala untranslated keeps the text rooted in its world. This choice reminds us that these stories cannot be neatly relocated elsewhere.