The Forest for the trees | Arupjyoti Saikia & Mahesh Rangarajan's 'India's Forests'

Reading India’s Forests along the arc of The Unquiet Woods, Ramachandra Guha’s seminal history of the Chipko protest, and the late ecologist Madhav Gadgil’s memoir, A Walk up the Hill, evokes a sense of continuity. Edited by Arupjyoti Saikia and Mahesh Rangarajan, this anthology of essays examines the forest as a repository of memory, wealth, tradition, lore and biodiversity, all the while reiterating the question: what are forests for?