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The Half Mother of Mowgli Girl
When Neeta Newton, a nurse at Bahraich district hospital, first met the “Mowgli" girl, she would screech and bite. But Neeta knew this fight – to “humanise” her – would be a fight worth fighting.
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With Mowgli, Netflix Gives The Jungle Book A Much-Needed Update
The biggest threat that looms over the jungle and its denizens in Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, isn’t Shere Khan, but human encroachment. In today’s times, man’s rapaciousness is a graver danger to the balance of nature than a tiger.
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The Greatest Jungle Story Ever Told: Why Mowgli Continues to Captivate Us
The Jungle Book was my ticket out of the crowds and noise of Mumbai to the unspoiled beauty of the Indian jungle. No homework. No rude bus conductors. The Seeonee Hills and the thick, fragrant forests of central India were my emotional retreats.