Salim ali autobiography books in hindi

‘The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick, and exactly in the right places'—so observed Samuel Butler. In writing my autobiography I have tried to keep this wise dictum constantly in view to avoid the temptation of laying it on too thick even in the right places, but with what success I cannot tell.’

Here is a man who spent almost his whole life devoted to the discovery and study of birds. Not only did he review and document birds, he was vociferous about the conservation of birds and their habitats too. He is said to have played a crucial role in the setting up of the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Rajasthan, and in stopping the destruction of the Silent Valley National Park in Kerala. He is also believed to have been persuasive with the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in reviving the fund-strapped BNHS with monetary support.

His sojourn into the natural world commenced with a a toy air gun – with which he shot sparrows. On one such occasion, a bird that he killed looked a tad unique. It had a yellow patch on the throat. When Ali asked about this interesting creature at the Bombay Natural History