Last year, our Editor-in-Chief Megha Moorthy travelled to Jammu and Kashmir’s Dachigam National Park to meet Bittu Sahgal, Founder of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation and Editor of Sanctuary Asia, India’s first wildlife magazine. He spoke to us about his visceral love for nature, the doyens of wildlife conservation, and who he believes will be the heroes of tomorrow.
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