Talk:Salim Ali

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Copyvio?

This articletraight out of this page in the external links. Isn't this a straightforward copyright violation? (diff of change) -- Balster neb 16:39, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

looks like, also the text is in a very non-wikipedic form Shyamal 3 October 2005

Anyone up for a bit of copy editing? --h y dkat 20:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In better state now I believe. Shyamal 03:37, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed material

Not every work of his long publication list is worthy of inclusion on the page, particularly BNHS related technical publications. Removed material added here. Shyamal (talk) 16:08, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Technical Studies and Reports

Studies on the Movement and Population of Indian Avifauna Annual Reports I-4. with Hussain, S.A., Bombay: BNHS (1980-86)
Ecological Reconnaissance of Vedaranyam Swamp, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu Bombay: BNHS (1980)
Harike Lake Avifauna Project (co-author) Bombay: BNHS (1981)
Ecological Study of Bird Hazard at Indian Aerodromes (Vols. I & 2). with Grubh, R. Bombay: BNHS (1981-89)
Potential Problem Birds at Indian Aerodromes with Grubh, R. Bombay: BNHS
The Lesser Florican in Sailana with Rahmani et al. Bombay: BNHS (1984)
Strategy for Conservation of Bustards in Maharashtra (co-author) Bombay: BNHS (1984)
The Great Indian Bustard in Gujarat (co-author) Bombay: BNHS (1985)
Keoladeo National Park Ecology Study with Vijayan, S., Bombay: BNHS (1986)
A.Study of Ecology of Some Endangered Species of Wildlife and Their Habitat. The Floricans with Daniel J.C. & Rahmani, Bombay: BNHS (1986)
Status and Ecology of the Lesser and Bengal Floricans with Reports on Jerdon’s Courser and Mountain Quail Bombay: BNHS (1990)

Untraceable quote removed

Ali's supposed interest "in bird study has always been its ecology, its life history under natural conditions and not in a laboratory under a microscope. By travelling to these remote, uninhabited places, I could study the birds as they lived and behaved in their habitats." Although this is found in some places on the Internet, the exact original source is not traceable. Would be good if someone can trace the correct citation (original publication) for this. Shyamal (talk) 05:26, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Edit restored

A recent IP edit attempted to remove a section on Ali's religious belief or lack of it claiming that it was "cruel" diff - I have restored this since it is an important statement of his position and for anyone interested in the original quotation, it is included in the Epilogue to his autobiography as follows (p. 229):

Q . Was religion a factor in your upbringing, and does it play a role in your life now? Has the Sufi tradition influenced you?
A. Like all Muslim children at the time when I was young, and in many Muslim families even today, we were taught from an early age to read and recite the Koran parrotwise, without understanding a word of the Arabic in which it is written, and to go through the prescribed genuflections of formal prayer (namaz). I am sorry to confess that all this not only failed to elevate my spirituality but on the contrary rather put me off formal prayer for all time as a meaningless and even hypocritical performance. Critical observation in later years of some of my own ostentatiously sanctimonious elders—of their precepts vs. practices—has not helped to alter my views.

Shyamal (talk) 05:46, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]