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Was it sheer ignorance or absolute apathy? The Shipwreck that could have saved 10,000 lives

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By Anil Dhir It was not sheer apathy; rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the State. The enormity of the fore-coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of the lack of empathy is an incident that occurred in Puri in the early days of the Na […]

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Mahavir, Sundari and Jasodha:  Satkosia’s created menagerie menace

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By Anil Dhir Bhubaneswar: An elephant has been finally been called in. This should have happened at the first instance; in fact elephants should have been in place even before the big cats arrived. The forest officials were aware that the undulating landscape of the Satkosia range could not be traversed by four wheel drive […]

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Anil Dhir named AWBI Honorary State Welfare Officer for Odisha 

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Bhubaneswar: The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory advisory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF), has nominated noted researcher, historian and environmentalist Anil Dhir as the Honorary State Welfare Officer for Odisha. The newly reconstituted board has appointed three State Welfare Officers and thirty District Welfare Officers. After […]

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