Forget the lion king. It is dying slowly. Chhatbir zoo’s pride, the lion safari, has nothing better to show than emaciated animals. And, the zoo itself tells a story of neglect and corruption. Gayatri Rajwade reports.
A look back at the crisis-ridden years of Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park or the Chhatbir zoo, as it is popularly known, seems symptomatic of the indifference plaguing India’s wildlife.

Starry punch
G.S. Paul chats up Deepak Das, who directs action sequences in films and teaches wushu to Bollywood stars
Coming from a middle-class family in the strife-torn Nagaland, Deepak Das had only one dream a decade back — to make it big in the Hindi film industry as a fight choreographer. Today, this 27-year-old’s dreams have been realised.