Moving Forests with Keshav Sharma is a wildlife podcast, where I focus on sharing interesting things about different species and fascinating places for wildlife content creators and wild life enthusiasts. The show is for people who are struggling with lack of information and sources and I want to help them through my interviews with prominent wild lifers on knowledge about the wild, some cool hacks that these people have developed through their experience and intrigue the curiosity of more and more people and sensitise them about our beautiful natural world.
The Secret Life of Bird Feathers W/ Esha Munshi | Moving Forests | EP-32
An important note before you watch the episode:
This conversation was recorded in May 2026.
Since then, Esha has shared publicly that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has spoken about it with remarkable openness, saying that she is ready to face what life has placed in front of her.
She is a dear friend and we are sharing this episode with her permission and with our warmest wishes for her journey ahead.
Most people see a feather and walk away. Esha, picked it up, and asked: “What bird did this come from?”
After spending more than 13 years working as an architect, Esha left her career and began building India’s first Feather Library, a collection of bird feathers and scientific specimens created to support research, education and conservation.
In this episode, Esha takes us into the fascinating world of bird feathers and explains why something as ordinary as a feather can hold an extraordinary amount of information.
We talk about:
Why bird feathers matter to science
How dead birds and specimens can contribute to future research
What feathers can tell us about birds
Why India needs stronger natural history and research collections
How Esha’s background in architecture shaped the way she built the Feather Library
The connection between curiosity, science and conservation
The challenges of building a unique research collection in India
Why paying attention to small things in nature can completely change the way we see the world
Esha’s story is also a reminder that conservation doesn’t always begin in a forest.
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25 Sept 2026
Meet Architect Esha Mushi Who Started a Library of Feathers | Moving Forests | Trailer | EP- 32
What can a single feather tell us about a bird?For Esha, that simple question led her from a 13-year career in architecture to building India’s first Feather Library, a collection of bird feathers and scientific specimens created for research, education and conservation.In this episode, Esha talks about bird feathers, dead birds, scientific collections, conservation, and the curiosity that can change the way we see the natural world.If you love birds, wildlife, science and conservation, this conversation is for you. Subscribe if you haven't already, full episode is dropping tomorrow.
13 Sept 2026
From Rescuing A Bat To Discovering A New Species | Dr. Rohit Chakravarty | Moving Forests | EP- 31
For most people, bats are scary. They attack humans. They spread diseases. They live in dark caves.
But how much of what we believe about bats is actually true?
In this episode, I speak with renowned bat researcher Dr. Rohit Chakrabarty about the fascinating and often misunderstood world of bats. After years of studying bats across caves, forests, mountains and cities, Rohit shares what these remarkable animals can teach us about nature, evolution and conservation.
Today, we explore:
• Why bats are so important to ecosystems
• How bats help farmers by eating agricultural pests
• How bats contribute to forest regeneration
• What COVID-19 changed about the way we think about bat conservation
• What it actually takes to discover a new species
• What life is like inside caves and remote mountains
• The challenges of studying bats in the wild
• How scientific research can help protect wildlife
• Why our fear of bats is often based on misunderstanding.
This is a conversation about bats, but also about how science can change the way we see the natural world.
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