Perhaps it was not serendipitous after all, writes Chitralekha Basu in the introduction to Sketches by Hootum the Owl: A Satirist’s View of Colonial Calcutta, “that the publication of two milestone ...

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Jackal Creek residents gathered to witness the heartwarming return of a barn owl (tyto alba) to its home territory after a successful rescue and rehabilitation. Barn owls face numerous threats, ...