• About ‘Jaagruti’

    'Jaagruti' means 'awakening' and this web-journal is a platform to share little big stories of inspirational efforts and awaken the soul and the mind, to live a life beyond yourself.

    It is an initiative to share information that inspires and empowers individuals to stand up for the animals they care for and the environment around us.

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Peep underneath your car…there could be a life sleeping underneath

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

23 September 2011: We found Hasmukh sitting next to an electricity metre box in the service lane on the road a kilometre off our place. On our next round that evening, he was still sitting at that spot, panting. On checking with the chowkidaar (security guard) there, our worst fears came true. Hasmukh couldn’t stand [...]

Filed under: Animals, Games people play, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Relationships, Road Safety, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action! | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments »

Adopting a Pet is therapeutic

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

Courtesy: The Times of India (dated 2 October 2011) Credit and Author: Gajanan Khergamker (The Times of  India, dated Oct 2, 2011) Forty eight-year-old Smriti Parmar had been suffering from chronic depression and her blood pressure had shot up alarmingly since her husband’s death last June. Medication didn’t seem to be helping and her family [...]

Filed under: Pets, Relationships | Tagged: , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

You didn’t even say goodbye :’(

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

Courtesy: This poem made its way into our inbox someway through this link of Meigs Co Dog Shelter, whom we hereby credit for penning this down. Please share this poem with anyone who has abandoned or is thinking of abandoning their pet. It may make them think atleast once over the most painful act they will ever commit in [...]

Filed under: Against Animal Cruelty, Pets, Poems, Relationships | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments »

Dolly and Chotu: Neighbour’s envy and owner’s pride!

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

Author: This story has been contributed by Rishi Dev (Citizens for Animal Rights) Four cooperative group housing societies in sector 10, Dwarka are facing a new kind of menace from two street dogs, Dolly and Chotu. Both of these dogs have lived outside these four apartments for almost 8 years now, making them the only two dogs [...]

Filed under: Animals, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

The story of ‘Magic’ and his rescue

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

‘Magic’ is another of our rescued dog stories, for the story of his rescue and recovery is nothing but ‘magical’. Last year when the Commonwealth Games 2010 ended, it was time to release the street dogs back into the games venue areas where they were picked up from and kept in at shelters for the [...]

Filed under: Animals, Be the Change, General/Animals, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Medical treatment of Animals, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

‘Desty’ – Destiny’s child!

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

For all animal cases that we get to attend directly to at ‘Jaagruti’, we just prefer to give them a name rather than referring to them as an anonymous dog or any other creature. But that name is just for us so that on platforms like this blog, we can share that animal’s story with [...]

Filed under: Animals, General/Animals, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

The story of a gentleman and a stray dog

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

By  Biswadeep Ghosh (Courtesy: The Times of India dated July 13, 2011) He may not have a name. He might be a stray dog. But, he deserves every ounce of love he gets. He stays near my house. He doesn’t have a name, must be six-seven years old, and seems to smile whenever he sees [...]

Filed under: Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Pets, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Elbow rashes in street dogs- the ‘magic’ cure!

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

Our patient: A dog with elbow rashes in his forelegs See the photograph above, it is of our neighbourhood street dog who had been having these elbow rashes in both of his fore legs, as time passed by and rains  intensified last year this infection spread on to the whole of his front forelegs. We took [...]

Filed under: Animals, Information that empowers!, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Pets, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Ear infections in Street Dogs-our experience at treating them

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

Come rains, comes humidity and mositure in the air, the ideal weather for microrganisms like bacteria, yeast and fungi to proliferate. How often have you seen a dog walking with his/her head titled to one side or continuously shaking its ear? If you do see any dogs exhibiting the above symptoms or scratching its ear [...]

Filed under: Animals, Information that empowers!, Jaagruti's interventions, Medical treatment of Animals, Pets | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

In defense of the street dogs of Kashmir

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/jkmassculling/   Dr. Asgar Samoon, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, had issued orders in March 2011 to kill all street dogs of Kashmir. A qualified veterinarian, he has admitted to the Animal Welfare Board  of India, to requesting the ‘public’ to identify rabid dogs ! He obviously hasn’t let his veterinary knowledge come in his way. Carnage is [...]

Filed under: Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Laws of India, Animals, Maoists and Indian Street Dogs, News Reports, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India, Take Action! | Tagged: , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment »

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