Taniya Gill is a doctoral candidate from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Delhi. She began her journey into understanding animal personalities with the rhesus macaques of Shimla during her M.Phil, which has now led her to study the individual unique behaviours and mannerisms of this species in the forest fringes of Delhi.

She is also a talented guitarist, and is responsible for both today's stories and music!

Twitter: @taniyagill2

Instagram: @t.an.i.ya_

Journal articles:

1. Impact of individual demographic and social factors on human–wildlife interactions: a comparative study of three macaque species

2. Grooming and Aggression: A Comparative Study of Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) and Hanuman langurs (Prebystis entellus)

3. An investigation of social interactions among rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) as a predictor of human-monkey interactions at the Jakhoo temple in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.