camels

The Last Straw

Nikita Doval

The camels are vanishing from Rajasthan

Just a Novel Idea

Dr Ambrish Mithal

Is camel milk a health food?

It’s Actually Easy to Love…

Rohit Chawla with Introductory Essay by Pritish Nandy

The story of human touch in six animal chapters

Desert Storm: Camels in the Zoo

Sunaina Kumar

A new bill threatens to become the straw that will break the back of Rajasthan’s camels, turning them into zoo animals. Could their milk save them?

In Rajasthan, the game of kings is an aspirational recreation—for queens, rich tourists and poor mahouts alike. But riding a horse is not a skill that can be hired for a day, and therefore there’s also chauffeured polo, atop elephants and camels.