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Title: Up the Mountains of India  (A fun, fact-filled trek across the country’s major ranges) Author: Mala Kumar Pages: 230 First published: 2023 Publisher: Hachette India ISBN: 978-93-91028-98-5 Price: 499/- Thanks to Teacher Plus, the review up on their site  here . What does this book talk about? This book talks about the mountain ranges across the length and breadth of India – from Karakoram to the Eastern Ghats and from the Aravalli to the Naga Hills. It takes the readers along these ranges and provides information on the types of mountains, their history, and the species that inhabit the mountains. It also clarifies terms and concepts pertaining to mountains. Black and white maps, illustrations, and images in different sizes are present in generous numbers across the book. Towards the end, it also contains “mountain notes” on the mountain railways in India, mountain music, how we can conserve our mountains, etc. What I enjoyed while reading this book? The book clarifies ...

Ped Ka Pata Sushil Shukla  Images: Taposhi Ghoshal  Price: 100/- Pages: 26 First Published: 2025 Published By: Jugnu /  Ektara ISBN: 9788197063831 Thanks to Sushil bhai / Ektara for creating this book , and, of course, for sending it across. This is a book which made me stop, think and reread. A book that took me back to the days of engaging actively on Environment Education.  It is with this lens of Environment Sensitivity, Sensibility that I jot these lines - random thoughts - on the book. I refrain from getting into semantics and use Environment Education for environment awareness or nature sensitisation or wildlife education or sustainability education or simply conversations and thoughts on the Environment. A lot in Environment Education has been by way of telling others what not to do. This book turns the approach upside down. The pieces (for lack of a better word) in this book are tales of people (nameless, and placeless) talking about themselves. These no...