India, Oct. 8 -- We live in a strange world! Sometimes we learn about some people only after their passing, when they are discussed so much. Jane Goodall is one such person whom I learned about only after her passing. Jane Goodall was a chimpanzee and animal behavior expert and an environmentalist. Before her death, all I knew about her was that she was a beautiful woman who brought her mouth close to a chimpanzee. But after her demise at the age of 91, she was discussed so much everywhere that I became familiar with her work and worth.

Everyone wrote about her extraordinary contributions to human society, particularly in the field of chimpanzee studies and animal behavior. She was simultaneously a chimpanzee expert, animal behavior speci...