Authored by Akhila Satchidanandam:

"When the stars threw down their spears,And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the lamb make thee?   "-   William Blake (The Tyger) Well, that’s a poet’s fascination at nature’s work on the strong sinewy tiger. It sure holds good for anyone be it the person who studies animal behavior or the layman who goes on a Tiger safari. There is something irrefutably alluring about him right!! But what exactly is it with India and a whole lot of wild life protection campaigns and discussion forums on this wild animal?

Authored By Ankita Sharma:

Let’s do a small exercise- take out a minute and imagine that you are suffering from a fatal disease with no chance of survival, you are confined on a bed in some hospital room, your relatives pity you and your family drains itself of money only to keep you alive, doctors treat you more as a research subject or a vegetable or a poor hapless thing. You cannot eat and drink stuff u like; you cannot enjoy the rain and nature and so on. You are living a life that is no less than a curse. I bet many of us cannot imagine it more than a few seconds. Yes, this is the real life of patients who ask for euthanasia or mercy killing. Although it’s considered unethical and immoral but when perceived from the point of view of the patient, it seems like a blessing. There are people out there fighting the battle of life and there are always problems worse than our petty everyday pains.