https://open.spotify.com/episode/12Zie2zeFkc7KXw7W9AKGw?si=v528aEFySoSRzZcDvSW0PA In 2022, for some reason, right after the pandemic, there have been a number of deliberate acts of violence against the street dogs of Bangalore. From CCTV cameras we have been able to determine that the culprits are often young men. Cruelty to animals (and other children) starts at a very young age, sometimes […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7w6kCM3OJwYhYpVcswlj02?si=tqD5f027QbmC7QWWBcXJ3A On the 23rd of February, 2010 a posh residential building in Bangalore named Carlton Towers caught fire. There were many, many illegal aspects in the construction of that building… and as a result the fire engines were unable to get to all the residents in time. Several lives were lost that day, and many […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6j4u0cQUjg5XD3h4xRgdAK?si=n-rxaDfCQGeDfWp4lB8trQ Harini Raghavan is an HR professional with a deep passion for animals. She is extremely active in advocating for the rights of animals. That’s another way of saying, she lobbies and cajoles and pleads with the government to do their job, please, did you hear me say please. Harini and a few other people […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cjJTbcNFEXv6iaWCDh3rt?si=gZ3oDkpkRUa8FLzzA8daJg Vaibhav Mungole worked in the IT industry for maybe a dozen years. A dozen too many. He was fed up. He wanted to get out of town, maybe move to a small village, a farm, something, anything to get out of the city.But other forces were at work.Specifically, a doggy named Eddy, that came […]
Mehvash Arslan has been a resident of Cooke Town for the past 10 years or so. She works in an NGO that helps small businesses like the local tea walla, or the isthri lady. But her involvement is unusual. She has accidentally… or deliberately… found herself rescuing older, very sick, severely disabled, even blind […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QxZEJqWE3UZpUuKKcvLtI?si=Xh2oKptgTkSdrw9KkOJqkQ Vera DeJong is an artist. And her husband George Penner is a baker and jam maker. They are not doctors. They haven’t been to vet school or nursing school. But if you listen to these stories, puppy after puppy, I swear you’ll want them by your side if your dog has a medical emergency. […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZdfzxJ3cfiaAiJegQicBS?si=HxY5zAIfQVOkfAkELI-Rag When I first Saakshi Kewalramani, she wasn’t quite 17 and she was already heavily into animal rescue, rehab, feeding and, fund raising. This is now almost two years later and Saakshi wants to be a veterinary surgeon. She is trying to gather practical experience before she joins school next year. This is the […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/64y9fn9xhKyAMcyIqLW627?si=PHVj4DjwRf-SwzAmz1d0eA In many part of the world, if there’s an animal in trouble, there’s someone to call to get help, Immediately. That’s not the case here for obvious reasons. We can barely take care of our humans… so expecting special treatment for animals is unrealistic. Yes, there are numbers for Cupa, Care, the BBMP, other […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uDuY2fXnK8Fxiyz02mSFD?si=-n1JgVt7TniZX-LoPpkeoQ Now, more than ever in Bangalore, the impunity with which drivers in expensive cars seem to playing some sort of murder-for-fun game with street dogs, the number of dog-hit-and-run cases is steeply rising. We – all of us in the streetie community – need to make ourselves familiar with aspects of the law and […]
https://open.spotify.com/episode/19cXA5TOzQAuDOfnp4IAQ7?si=yGo2dmQqTfWCKtid9HX-iA Ricky Kej is one of the few Indians who’s ever won a Grammy in music. It’s a huge deal. And a huge honour to have him wandering in our midst here in Bangalore, shedding inspiration and encouragement to other musicians as he walks the streets of the city. He’s not shedding alone. Because Ricky […]
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