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A native of Mumbai, India, and the wife of noted conservationist Rom Whitaker, Zai Whitaker is principal of the Outreach School in Bangalore, where she dedicates her efforts to providing an education to the children growing up in nearby rural areas.
Jun 7, 2024 · Zai Whitaker. Rom grew up in Hoosick, upstate New York, where he lived from birth (1943) to 1947 with his mother, Doris Norden, and sister, Gail, in his Aunt Elly’s Dutch mansion which had...
May 26, 2023 · In Termite Fry, the author and co-founder of The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology, Zai Whitaker, traces the changing livelihoods of the Irula tribal community through the...
Zai Whitaker. Zai Whitaker grew up in a family of naturalists, which ignited her interest in conservation at an early age. With ex-husband Rom Whitaker she helped start and develop several organisations and projects, including the Irula Women’s Society and the Madras Crocodile Bank/Centre for Herpetology, where she lives and works.
A native of Mumbai, India, and the wife of noted conservationist Rom Whitaker, Zai Whitaker is principal of the Outreach School in Bangalore, where she dedicates her efforts to providing an education to the children growing up in rural areas.
Jul 16, 2023 · Zai Whitaker’s novel Termite Fry is written with simplicity and restraint. There’s no dearth of action in the book, what with hordes of termites being scooped up into bags and venomous...
Jan 13, 2024 · Zai Whitaker is managing trustee of the Madras Crocodile Bank, of which she is the co-founder. She is also the founder of the Irular Women Society and works through it for Irular social and economic empowerment. Her other interests are education and writing.
Aug 12, 2015 · Moorthy. Zai Whitaker’s earliest memories of writing are from when she was about 10 years old. “I wrote some ghastly stories when I was a child. There was one about a rabbit called Goomag ...
Jun 4, 2019 · In her latest book, Adventures of the Humongoose Family, author and conservationist Zai Whitaker takes a topic as serious as deforestation and loss of habitat, then treats it with gentle humour...
Zai Whitaker has written twenty books including novels and collections of poetry, short stories and essays. She writes mostly on the environment and conservation, and indigenous people like the Irular and Jarawa. She has taught English, and been principal of two schools.
