Secret Lives by Natasha Mhatre

Around the corner, underneath the tarred roads and between the steel and glass buildings is a hidden world. A world of curious mongooses and parasitic wasps, a world of sluggish lories, seductive plants and territorial snakes, a world teeming with life, which we pass by without noticing.

In the heart of Bangalore, the oasis of greenery that is the Indian Institute of Science campus keeps the world alive and thriving. Armed with a camera, this book dives into the undergrowth to tell you, through a series of extraordinary photographs, the stories of the inhabitants of this world, the stories of their secret lives.