A baby elephant who was separated from his mother and herd in Tamil Nadu, India, has been reunited with them by park officials. The baby, who is approximately 5 months old, became separated and was in distress looking for his mother. Forest officials located the herd using drones about 2.5 miles away, and bathed the baby, put mud on him to reduce human smell, and transported him on a truck to the herd. Mothers and herds usually do not move when a calf goes missing, but sometimes in areas of animal-human conflict, the matriarch has to choose between the safety of the herd over the individual. Several days later they came across the mother and calf having a quiet nap.

O Me! O Life! (2024)

O me! O life! of the questions of these repeating,
Of the endless feeds of data, the rivers of information flowing,
Of the cities pulsing with wireless signals, unseen and ever-present,
Of the billions connected yet alone, faces lit by screens in the dark,
Of algorithms shaping thoughts, of truth and fiction intertwined,
Of the constant noise drowning out the whispers of thought.

O me! O life! of the struggles in this digital age,
The race against obsolescence, the fear of being left behind,
Of privacy eroded,
Of identities fragmented across platforms,
Of the earth warming while we scroll,
Of forests falling as we swipe.

What purpose serves this life, this digital existence?

Answer.
That you are here—that consciousness persists amid the chaos,
That life continues to unfold in pixels and in flesh,
That amid the torrents of data, your unique voice remains,
That you have the power to disconnect, to reconnect with the tangible,
To write your own code in the vast program of existence.