Pearl by the River: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah’s Kingdom in Exile

Sudipta Mitra is a Kolkata-based naturalist, a wildlife enthusiast and an avid wildlife photographer working with nature for the last eighteen years. A medical graduate from Calcutta University and a doctor by profession, the author is a regular visitor of the forests of India and is a keen observer of nature. He has an ardent interest in the tribal life of India and had studied the forest-dwelling tribes from a very close quarter. He is active in the field of conservation in and around Sunderbans in Bengal and conducts regular health camps for the people dwelling in the wilderness. He has his special interest on the Asiatic lions, which he studied deeply for more than seven years. He is also a regular columnist on wildlife and nature and is also associated with many NGOs in West Bengal.