A Home For Stray, Voiceless Souls

65-year-old Kanika takes it upon herself to shelter stray animals from the scourge of apathy, writes Sulagna Sengupta

- Sulagna Sengupta

In the bustling streets of Kolkata, amid the relentless rush of human life, speechless beings count for little. The stray animal life inhabiting the metropolis are most vulnerable; to weather, hunger and the scourge of human whimsies. However, owing to the efforts of Kanika Chakraborty, a 65-year-old homemaker, some of these stray animals could breathe easy knowing they have a warm shelter.

Kanika, resident of Dum Dum Mall Road in Kolkata, has always felt an overwhelming urge to help animals staying on streets. For the last 10 years, she has fed the animals in her locality regularly. In fact, any stray that wondered into the lane wouldn't go back unfed.