Officer's Car 'Cleansed' With Cow Dung On Retirement

Thiruvanthapuram: Kerala is a state that is known for its high literacy rate and social awareness and so when a senior Dalit government officer found cow-dung sprinkled over his furniture and even inside his car, reportedly as a part of 'cleansing ritual' on retirement, it was shocking for many. Read more at: Dalit officer's car 'cleansed' with cow dung on retirement

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Horses get Pension

You could call it Horses pension! Horses retiring from a West Bengal police training college now have a new home to spend their twilight years with other comforts.

Fourteen ageing animals that have served for years have not ended up pariahs or been slaughtered like their predecessors. Instead the green acres of Ashari, an animal hospital-cum-shelter on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, run by Maneka Gandhi's People for Animal (PFA), is now their home.

"They have served for years. Now it is only human to pension them off instead of slaughtering them after they turn infirm. So we have welcomed them in our shelter," Debasis Chakrabarti, as per the managing trustee of PFA Calcutta. Read more...................Retirement home for police horses in Bengal

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