On the basis of 30 million observations by more than 30,000 birdwatchers, the ‘State of Indian Birds 2023’ exercise recently concluded that birds in India are faring poorly. While free-ranging dogs also harm wildlife, Dr. Kaushik said cats have retained the instinct to hunt through many years of domestication, even if they don’t need the skill anymore. Cats also can …
In the world of mainstream media and publishing, Krishnagopal Mallick is a rare find. In the 1980s, this now-deceased, former Statesman subeditor wrote creepily fascinating homoerotic sex stories that frankly, and amorally, depict unwanted surreptitious contact onboard buses, grooming, coercive congress and rape fantasy. Krishnagopal Mallick was a ‘family man’ survived by his son and daughter-in-law, leading an outwardly-conventional life …
