The big cat has always had an aura of alacrity around it. Amidst fears of their extinction, there have been resounding rumours — sometimes loud and at others whispers that the tigers roam and rove in the mountains of Bhutan. Following the trail of this rattling rumour, an expedition was undertaken by BBC Natural History Unit. The team captured the images of a snow leopard cub from over 5000 meters in the air.
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There is something about these quotations– an air of philosophy which would make you ponder over a thought, a tincture of humor to spruce up your day and at times the whimsical poignance of the written word to caress you into a lullaby.
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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.
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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.
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