Taira Malaney will never forget the female olive ridley sea turtle she encountered one evening while shooting her film, Turtle Walker, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. “She came up and just kept digging and digging and digging. I think she must have done so for nine hours,” remembers the Goa-based writer, director, and producer....
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August 14, 2026August 14, 2026Life & Style, Science & Tech
PfA@30: Taking the animal kingdom under their wing
Prosthetics for peacocks, electro acupuncture for snakes and implants for the de-feathered may seem far-fetched, but are all in a day’s work for the good folk at Bengaluru’s People For Animals Wildlife Hospital (PfA). PfA has been working behind the scenes in Bengaluru for the past 30 years, quietly rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing, furred and...
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April 9, 2026April 9, 2026Life & Style, Science & Tech
Can GLP-1 generics fix India’s obesity epidemic, which goes beyond body size?
Mukta Dhond has a new monthly ritual. “I have to take my 20 pairs of jeans to the tailor for size alterations,” says the 49-year-old Mumbai-based television producer. A single mother who has been battling obesity for a large part of her life, she decided it was time for a transformation when during a Scotland...
