The other day a caring friend warned me about some horrendous, new video on social media, about animal abuse. Despite not knowing me all that well, he felt he knew me enough to know that I wouldn’t handle it well. I was very, very grateful. I stayed away from my social media accounts for a …
What NOT to buy when the sales are on
For the past few days, a rather disturbing ad has been appearing on my facebook timeline. The picture of two cute little puppies instantly caught my eye. When I read the accompanying text however, I thought I had perhaps misunderstood. I read it again. And again, with growing consternation. The ad read: “Get a new …
A Call to Action
I didn’t expect to be writing on this subject again so soon. Then again, I didn’t expect such a thing to happen again this quickly. When the sweet, Indian dog ‘Bhadra’ was thrown off a two-storey terrace not three weeks ago, (read my earlier post- An Alarming Appetite for Brutality), the media and social media …
An Alarming Appetite for Brutality
Over the past ten days, many of us would have had the misfortune of seeing the video and learning about the poor dog that was thrown off a terrace by a medical student in Chennai, while an equally deranged chum of his filmed the incident to post on social media. I didn’t watch the video …