Anya Chokhe by Buddhadeb Guha

The path that all countries can cross — perhaps much of that path is still left to be traveled, but Buddhadeb Guha has had the privilege of seeing it repeatedly, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from the distant eastern edge to the far western boundary. Those familiar with his fiction know that he is inherently a wanderer, a lover of forests and nature, and a believer in mental journeys. In his writing, he is a dreamer, binding the forest with enchantment. However, in each of the writings compiled in this book, his perspective on wildlife is unerring. The location of forests, their issues, resources, forest-dwelling animals and birds, and forest-dependent people are the subjects of these works. Included are the stories of Boxer Forest, Satkosia Ganda Wildlife Sanctuary, Simlipal, Palamau, Betla, and McCluskieganj. Those looking for tourist guides will be disappointed by these writings. But for those who love solitude, who know how to merge with the forest and make it their own, those who wish to listen to the forest silently rather than speak their own words, "Anya Chokhe" (In Another Eye) is a unique gift. Through this alternative vision, the author truly says that only nature can show humans the way to survive, whether they are in the twenty-first century or the twenty-third.