The story of two Islands
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Sep 16,2017 , 12:05 AM IST
The book ‘Islands In Flux’, released recently in the city which explores the story of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Aasheesh Pittie and Pankaj Sekhsaria.
Photo: N Shiva Kumar Meru
Ornithologist Aasheesh Pittie launched the book ‘Islands In Flux’
written by Pankaj Sekhsaria, researcher and author, recently at
Goethe-Zentrum, Banjara Hills.
The book features the information,
insight, and perspective related to the environment, wildlife
conservation, development and the indigenous communities and
contemporary issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It provides an important account that
is relevant both for the present and the future of these beautiful and
fragile Island but also very volatile Island chain.
Pankaj Sekhsaria said, “It is not new
for me to write about Islands and it this is my collection of writings
about Andaman and Nicobar Islands. These islands are far away from India
but they are part of it. The islands have various kind of animals,
birds and more.”
Pankaj Sekhsaria said that everybody
started talking about these Islands after the Tsunami in 2004. “Today
our oceans are filling up with a lot of plastic. Many scientists are
fearful that our oceans will have more plastic than fish in 2050,” added
Pankaj.
He informed that no government has
taken care of the tribal people of these Islands since independence. “No
one is concerned about the tribal people, who have been living there
for more than 40,000 years. In 1956, these Islands are declared for the
tribal, but no one is taking care of them,” he adds.
Pankaj hopes that his book will create awareness in people about these Islands.
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