Abhishek Joshi founded Dog with Blog in 2009 and has grown it into a 150,000-strong community that has helped place more than 1,000 dogs and cats in homes across India. He writes evidence-based pet-care guides, runs verified foster and adoption listings, and tells the stories that move people to adopt.
His writing for Dog with Blog appears in The Book of Dog, an anthology alongside Ruskin Bond, Gulzar, Maneka Gandhi and chef Vikas Khanna.
When it comes to canines, interspecies altruism takes an altitudinal elevation. Countless tales which have become part of glistening anecdotes pave the relic road of archives which sometimes moisten the eyes or draw a smile. Uncannily there are even times when both the emotions are in a symphony, ever seen it rain while the Sun is out?
India offers some of the strangest set of contrasting juxtapositions when it comes to wildlife. With animals being an integral part of the celebrated cultural and religious ethos, it comes as no surprise when one comes across temples where milk is offered to snakes or abodes where monkeys and langurs are as much a part of the milieu as devotees. In the heartland of India, one can see ladies offering the ‘rotis'(chapati) to cows and stray dogs. It is the land where animals are embedded so deep in the religion that half the deities have an animal as their preferred mode of transportation.
Elephant is declared as the ‘national heritage animal’ of India.
No country For Elephants? Read More »
Modernity is a myth, if it doesn’t abolishes orthodoxies which don’t find a sync in the moral views of the new world.
Every year a sleepy village in Tamil Nadu comes to mainstream media spotlight. Decorations and delight all around, the celebration is impregnated in the air and as hoards of spectators huddle together, the human perimeter around the field sinks in the fanfare. The frenzy of both locals and foreign tourists reaches an avalanche- a rural celebration of epic proportions? Wait.
Into this grand setting that may remind you of a tight budgeted amphitheater, an infuriated bull is unleashed — adorned with tawdry accessories, rubbed with bright colours and with money tied around its horns.
Animal cruelty knows no bounds when it comes to humans.
Jallikattu- the juggernaut that must be stopped! Read More »
Starting today, we would be celebrating the bond that transgresses the said and done, the friendship between those with ‘two leg’ & those with four- be it your pet, the stray that you befriended, your cousin’s pet or the like. The concept of “interspecies altruism” would be cherished and communicated through YOU. So mail me your pictures, anecdotes, tales about your furry friends and I’d be more than happy to post them for the world to see!
Share a photo of your dog! Read More »
The wonderful duo of Calvin & Hobbes which guided me through those innocent days of childhood is a part of my memoirs as vivid and lively as the moments that I have lived, here’s my list of favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips on issues ranging from environment to death.
The absolutely best Calvin and Hobbes comics ever! Read More »
