I liked the first part of this book and enjoyed it quite a lot. I also wrote a brief on that book (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21297423-2020#comment_208381628). I felt this book fades a bit compared to the first one. There are more personal incidents about Rom, his grandma, Janaki's growing years, their life together. Also, there are some interesting changes as she wrote more about western ghats in this one. The foremost is the Agumbe & the King Cobras. I liked the chapter on the increasing population of jungle chickens (jungle fowls). Theodore Baskaran wrote about the increasing population of Jungle fowls in Sholas. There is mention about the famous coffee Luwak (Kopi Luwak). I was in Yogyakarta (pronounced Jogjakarta) in 2015. I went to the (BBC) famous Mataram Kopi Luwak and tasted the coffee. I have been drinking coffee since I was 5 years old. I couldn't find any differences, be it good or bad. Though the thought makes you squirm a bit, the coffee was nice ...