Independent journalist Meera Subramanian writes for national and international publications including Nature, the New York Times, and Orion. Her first book is A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, From the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka, published by PublicAffairs in August 2015. Kirkus Reviews calls it “right thinking and accusatory in all the right places.” Visit her at her website and on Twitter @meeratweets.