‘Ohh My Dog’: A heartfelt film about heroic dogs, spirited children and questionable adults
‘Ohh My Dog’: A heartfelt film about heroic dogs, spirited children and questionable adults
The film ‘Ohh My Dog’ celebrates the bond between humans and dogs, championing compassion and kindness towards voiceless beings as the truest form of religion. Metaphorically, it even presents dogs as a manifestation of God — selfless protectors who love unconditionally. KABITA PATHAK: ‘Ohh My Dog’ is two parallel stories that celebrate the bond between humans and dogs. It begins with a tribute to Senapati, a brave police dog, before moving to Assam, where young Appu (Maahi Rai) loses his beloved dog Momo (Oscar the Dog). As Appu begins searching for his pet, he discovers the dark world of dog smuggling. […]
The Right Kind of Activism: How chasing the single best strategy leaves the movement brittle
The Right Kind of Activism: How chasing the single best strategy leaves the movement brittle
Instead of a monoculture movement, we should be promoting a variety of theories of change that work under different conditions. Rather than competing with each other to prove who’s right and pick up volunteers, we can see ourselves as an ecosystem. Every organization has their strategy and our strategies complement each other. The more distinct the strategies, the better: a bunch of variants on street outreach is much less diverse than a group doing street outreach, another making social media content, and a third running grassroots protests. No matter what turns out to be effective, we’ll already be investing in it. […]
WHAT ARE WE BECOMING?: The animal protection movement needs a new question
WHAT ARE WE BECOMING?: The animal protection movement needs a new question
A person who has genuinely reckoned with what industrial civilization does to animals, and chosen to act differently, to whatever extent, is not merely kinder to animals. They are a more morally developed person, one who has extended the habits of empathy and honesty beyond the boundaries that convenience would draw. A civilization that extends genuine moral consideration to other species is not merely more compassionate. It is more fully human. EMMA SLAWINSKI: There’s a question worth asking at the end of conversations about animal protection, when the arguments have been made and the positions staked out: What do you think […]
