Nirmal Ghosh, 48, is the Thailand Correspondent for the leading South East Asian paper The Straits Times. He is also currently (2008) President of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. Before leaving India in 1991 for Singapore, Nirmal wrote 'The Jungle Life of India' (Lustre Press, 1991). Subsequently he wrote 'Indian Wildlife' (Suntree, Singapore, 1992) and the novella 'Lord of the Grassland' (Landmark, Singapore, 1993). Nirmal is a Trustee of The Corbett Foundation, which works with communities on the periphery of Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttaranchal in north India : a critical tiger, elephant, hog deer, mahseer and gharial habitat. From 2002-2005 he served on the Steering Committee of Project Elephant chaired by India's Minister of Environment and Forests. He was a member of the managing committee of Friends of the Doon from 2000 to 2004. He spends much of his time in the field working on wildlife issues. In December 2005 he chaired a panel discussion on wildlife and the media at the first International Media and Environment Summit at Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). A part time musician, he was a founder member of the acclaimed New Delhi-based world music band Ind-Tranzit, and performed the music for the soundtrack of the recently released documentary 'Living with Giants' - a one hour film on elephant conservation in India by Ashish Chandola. Nirmal performed the music with Gautam Ghosh, founder of Ind-Tranzit; co-wrote the script with Ashish Chandola; and presented and narrated the film. 'Living with Giants' won merit awards for Narration and Conservation Message at the 28th International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, MO, USA in 2005. Nirmal has lived and worked in India (until 1991, and from 1999 to 2003), Singapore (1991-1994) and the Philippines (1994-1999) and covered much of Asia as a journalist. He currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand. Some of his photography can be seen here. |
Brazilian dancer Veronica Simas de Souza moves to the beat of Ind-Tranzit at the Gateway of India (Sounds of the Sea fund raising concert for homeless and exploited children), Mumbai, India, March 5, 2003. In the background are 2 members of the band, Nirmal (with cap) and Boomba. The rest are hidden from view.
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