Priya Darshini
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23/04/2026
I grew up in Mumbai, where encounters with wildlife were part of everyday life.
It shaped how I understand both animals and people, not as separate, but as constantly sharing space.
Music came from a similar place for me. Listening first. Paying attention.
Over time, these parts of my life have started to come together more clearly, through sound, and through the work I do in wildlife coexistence.
I’m grateful to support this work as part of the board at IWCN. The International Wildlife Coexistence Network
Trevor Hall wrote Monsoon Cloud for the love of his life, Emory Hall and invited me to sing it with him. It’s one of those songs that brings me back to myself every time. What a gift! And I found myself singing the word “Sajna” - a word so woven into romantic music across the subcontinent that somewhere along the way it stopped being heard, but underneath that familiarity it holds something so meaningful, and so vast.
In Sufi poetry it makes no distinction between the beloved and the divine. And the monsoon, in that same tradition, was never just rain. It was the arrival of the thing you had been aching for, sometimes without even knowing its name. May we all find the divine in our love.
08/04/2026
As a board member of the International Wildlife Coexistence Network (IWCN), and as someone who has had the deep privilege of working behind the scenes in wildlife conservation for a while now, most of the work I do has nothing to do with being near animals.
IWCN The International Wildlife Coexistence Network brings together scientists, ecologists, and Indigenous leaders to develop non-lethal, evidence-based solutions to human-wildlife conflict across multiple continents. This interdisciplinary work often happens behind the scenes, where we collaborate with dedicated conservationists to protect the delicate systems that allow humans and wildlife to share landscapes and coexist with minimal harm.
The extraordinary team at IWCN, and those working on the ground daily are my true teachers. Im learning what it means to live in a world that genuinely cares and cherishes every living thing as an essential part of one interconnected ecosystem.
It is a profound privilege to cohabit a world that is such a stunning, complex masterpiece of interconnection.
Find more about IWCN at www.wildlifecoexistence.org
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