Anand Zachariah is a physician and teacher in the Department of Medicine at Christian Medical College, Vellore. His passions are in moving education outside the boundaries of the college and working with young people.
This poetic narrative traces the catastrophic decline of vultures in India due to the veterinary use of diclofenac, revealing how their disappearance led to public health crises. A haunting reflection on ecological imbalance, human responsibility, and the cost of ignorance.