• 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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~Dog’s best friend!~

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

*This story is authored by Ramendra Singh and is kind courtesy of The Times of India BHOPAL: He does not mind skipping his lunch In fact, he did so on many times in the past. But there is one practice he has followed doggedly –feeding stray dogs-for the past 20 years. The man, Laxmi Narayan Sharma, [...]

Filed under: Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero, Street Dogs of India | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

A 15-yr-old Dog’s Gift

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

‘The next time you are a little down, do an act of service — it might just be the gift you need.’ This was the message that came to us through a mail that shared the story of Roadie, a 15 year old dog and his gift to a grieving man. This story was penned [...]

Filed under: Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Relationships | Tagged: , , , , , | 1 Comment »

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: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 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 [...]

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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 joy of looking after ‘Poopy’ the pigeon

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Vasudha Mehta / "Jaagruti"

By Divya Kapur About the author: Divya has trained as a wildlife rescuer in Sydney with Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services. She specialises in birds and that is where she derives the confidence to continue her work in this area after having moved back to Gurgaon. She would love to share her expertise and knowledge with like minded people. Those interested in [...]

Filed under: Be the Change, Bird Rescue, Bird Rescue and Treatment, Do you know?, Information that empowers!, Inspiration, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Medical treatment of Animals, Pets, Relationships, Stories from Ground Zero | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 4 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 »

A school presentation, a Teacher, Delhi Fire Service and a rescued Pigeon

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

Life is a puzzle which gets deciphered when we look back and connect the dots. When I was in school, I had yearned for people to come over and talk to us about animals and environment but no one did, I tried to do it myself-telling my fellow classmates about not using polybags to dump [...]

Filed under: Animals, Be the Change, Inspiration, Jaagruti's interventions, Man and Animal: Stories of Kindness, Stories from Ground Zero, Videos, Videos on Animals | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 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 »

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