I’ve been passionate about environmental issues since as long as I remember. My father took me out for walks in the wilderness, and sometimes, he would point out the names of the more colourful birds. Later, I made our home in New Delhi a sanctuary for all manners of creatures. We planted trees where we could, and cared for lost dogs and ailing birds. I read about the great, ferocious fights to protect the planet’s beautiful forests and trees-always awestruck by the magnificence of the natural world.

Fortunately, I’ve taken some of my own advice. I am often laying out my arguments in the public realm. I write a weekly column Greenpiece, for the Hindustan Times, and contribute to Scroll.in, India Today and Dainik Jagran, amongst others. I keep my connect with the wilderness by birding as often as I can. And I nurture my love for the visual arts by seeing, reading and thinking about it. All of this coupled with Chintan makes my life fun to live.