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Moving Forests with Keshav Sharma

Moving Forests with Keshav Sharma

Meet Architect Esha Mushi Who Started a Library of Feathers | Moving Forests | Trailer | EP- 32

Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min · 3 segments

What can a single feather tell us about a bird?For Esha, that simple question led her from a 13-year career in architecture to building India’s first Feather Library, a collection of bird feathers and…

What can a single feather tell us about a bird?For Esha, that simple question led her from a 13-year career in architecture to building India’s first Feather Library, a collection of bird feathers and scientific specimens created for research, education and conservation.In this episode, Esha talks about bird feathers, dead birds, scientific collections, conservation, and the curiosity that can change the way we see the natural world.If you love birds, wildlife, science and conservation, this conversation is for you. Subscribe if you haven't already, full episode is dropping tomorrow.

What can a single feather tell us about a bird?For Esha, that simple question led her from a 13-year career in architecture to building India’s first Feather Library, a collection of bird feathers and…

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Speakers: Esha MushiGuestKeshav SharmaHost

Top entities: India×5 conservation Ornithology

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈4k followers

Building a Feather Library0:00 – 0:46

Esha MushiGuest

0:00

The amount of birds which die because of human intervention is huge.

Esha MushiGuest

0:05

So if we have a channel to use those dead birds to fill the gap in the knowledge base which we have in India, it can be amazing.

Keshav SharmaHost

0:14

Why did you decide to come up with a library of feathers?

Esha MushiGuest

0:17

Flight feathers are something which you don't see unless the bird is flying.

Esha MushiGuest

0:22

When it's sitting, it's always covered with other feathers.

Esha MushiGuest

0:24

So that's why it was important to record these flight feathers.

Keshav SharmaHost

0:28

From idea to actually doing it on ground, what did it take?

Esha MushiGuest

0:32

I'm not doing this for me.

Esha MushiGuest

0:34

I'm doing this so that people can use it.

Esha MushiGuest

0:37

But I need support doing that.

Esha MushiGuest

0:38

Now see, what happens is...

Keshav SharmaHost

0:40

I want you to become a marketer for birds and sell why you should do it and in a way that it benefits me.

IndiaCountryCountry in South Asia
83%5 mentions
conservationEntity
50%1 mention
OrnithologyEntityDiscipline
17%1 mention

DesignArts
OrnithologyScience > Biology
Feather LibraryAnimals > Birds > Conservation > Human Impact
Feather StructureScience > Biology > Ornithology > Flight Mechanics
Field StudiesEducation > Knowledge Sharing > Research
Library DevelopmentEducation > Knowledge Sharing > Research > Field Studies
Human InfluenceEnvironment > Biodiversity > Species Preservation
Ecological ImpactEnvironment > Biodiversity > Species Preservation > Human Influence
Scientific InspirationArts > Design > Creative Process
ArchitectureArts > Design > Creative Process > Scientific Inspiration
Species PreservationEnvironment > Biodiversity
Flight MechanicsScience > Biology > Ornithology
Knowledge SharingEducation
Human ImpactAnimals > Birds > Conservation
BiodiversityEnvironment
ResearchEducation > Knowledge Sharing
ConservationAnimals > Birds
Environment
Education
Science
Animals
BirdsAnimals
Arts
BiologyScience
Creative ProcessArts > Design

Building a Feather Library0:00 – 0:46

Esha MushiGuest

0:00

The amount of birds which die because of human intervention is huge.

Esha MushiGuest

0:05

So if we have a channel to use those dead birds to fill the gap in the knowledge base which we have in India, it can be amazing.

Keshav SharmaHost

0:14

Why did you decide to come up with a library of feathers?

Esha MushiGuest

0:17

Flight feathers are something which you don't see unless the bird is flying.

Esha MushiGuest

0:22

When it's sitting, it's always covered with other feathers.

Esha MushiGuest

0:24

So that's why it was important to record these flight feathers.

Keshav SharmaHost

0:28

From idea to actually doing it on ground, what did it take?

Esha MushiGuest

0:32

I'm not doing this for me.

Esha MushiGuest

0:34

I'm doing this so that people can use it.

Esha MushiGuest

0:37

But I need support doing that.

Esha MushiGuest

0:38

Now see, what happens is...

Keshav SharmaHost

0:40

I want you to become a marketer for birds and sell why you should do it and in a way that it benefits me.

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