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.
Amidst Chennai's worst flood, the author's terminally ill father struggled to obtain care and dignity from a private hospital that asked them to vacate their flooded ward without an alternate plan. This poem lays bare the quiet violence of deprioritizing the dying.