Journeys in the Wild

A workshop on environment by Bahar Dutt at The Hindu Lit for Life 2015.

December 03, 2014 12:17 pm | Updated April 07, 2016 02:40 am IST

Bahar Dutt

Bahar Dutt

Travel to the Arctic or come up close with an orang-utan in the rainforests of Indonesia with award-winning journalist and conservation biologist Bahar Dutt. The workshop uses the medium of storytelling, role play and audiovisual presentations to regale children with her adventures from the natural world.

BAHAR DUTT is a conservation biologist and environmental journalist. She has worked as environment editor for CNN-IBN. She used to run an animal ambulance for injured primates and helped set up a rescue centre for them. She’s spent the last decade reporting from some of the most threatened biodiversity. hotspots on the planet. Her celebrated TV series — Saving the Ganga for CNN-IBN — ran in six regional languages including History India and was one of the highest-rated TV shows. Broadcaster, environment editor, writer and closet baker, she now lives a more ordinary life in New Delhi with her dog Musibat (Trouble) and her husband Vijay, a wildlife filmmaker.

When: January 18, Sunday, 10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.

Where: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Harrington Road, Chennai

Fee: Rs.500

Seats: 30 children

Age limit: Between 13 & 18 years

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