India’s wildlife conservation debates often feel new. But what if many of these conversations began over a hundred years ago? In this episode of Some Like It Wild, wildlife historian Raza Kazmi takes us deep into India’s environmental past. This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. Part 2 will be out soon. Dive into this episode to explore: 1. Were British-era forests really better managed? A nuanced look at colonial forestry, documentation, and what history actually tells us. 2. The great wildlife documentation gap Why post-independence India lost critical ecological records, and how historians piece them back together. 3. African lions, early translocations & repeating history Lesser-known stories that reshape how we view today’s cheetah project. 4. A life shaped by forests Growing up in forest rest houses, learning from forest staff an ...