Issue Date: Jul 30, 2012 Narpuh reserve forest, deep inside the
Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, is among the few good forest patches
which has withstood the intense pressures of growth, development
and mindless extraction of natural resources like coal and
limestone. It also forms an important watershed area with many
important rivers originating from the hills. We visited the
forest in March and November last year looking for birds and
primates as part of an ecological study. Recent Supreme Court
order in Vedanta case holds hope for tribal community life
Butterflies on the roof of the world is a vivid and engaging
narrative of the author's rendezvous with the butterflies and
moths in particular, and nature in general