Neha Sinha | My Wild City
Sun 22 Nov 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Join conservationist and nature writer Neha Sinha as she shares her bold and glorious book about humans, cities and the lives of the mammals, birds, fish and insects sharing the bustling metropolis of Delhi, where she lives. The book asks: how can we find our way in the world through looking a little closer at the cities we call our own and exploring the wild places, and ecological histories which interweave with human history? Expect a deeply personal yet universal discussion, which presents a manifesto of hope through the rediscovery of nature.
In conversation with Nick Acheson.
Venue: Cambridge Union Library
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Neha Sinha is a conservation biologist and an acclaimed author. With over a decade of wildlife conservation work under her belt, Neha is on a lifelong mission to make the joys and challenges of nature accessible to everyone, and to re-look at the ordinary through a new lens.
Trained in conservation at Oxford University and in literature at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, Neha combines the rigours of conservation science with compelling literary flair. She is the author of Wild and Wilful: Tales of Fifteen Iconic Indian Species, published by HarperCollins in 2011. She has received awards for both her conservation work as well as her writing and is often found wandering in places looking for birds and the perfect words to describe them. She lives in Delhi, works at WWF India, and is deeply partial to animals considered ‘ugly’.
Chair Biography
Nick Acheson grew up in North Norfolk, surrounded by birds, books and the music of J. S. Bach. After two degrees at Oxford, a ten-year stint in Bolivia, and the best part of four years in peerless India, he returned to North Norfolk, where he lives surrounded by birds, books and the music of J. S. Bach. Nick’s own books explore the landscape, biodiversity and history of his native Norfolk. He is an ambassador for Norfolk Wildlife Trust, a trustee of Deepdale Conservation Trust and a patron of Felbeck Trust. Following a lemur bite in Madagascar, Nick collapsed before giving a lecture in Winchester, whereupon he was hospitalised with meningitis. When, the next year, he was bitten in Mongolia by a long-eared hedgehog (who had been startled by a folk singer), he began to question his life choices. Frequently, Nick jumps in the sea.
