D is for Dolphins (Gangetic River Dolphins) | #AtoZChallenge 2026
My first brush with the Gangetic river dolphins (locally called Taal Bhosh) was as a little girl. They left me star struck. No trip to the Ganges river would be complete without looking out for them. My grandfather’s home is by the river Ganga, in a quaint, little town called Katwa, district Burdwan (in the Eastern periphery of India.) Back in those days, the Gangetic river dolphins ruled the river. I could spend hours by the banks, watching them come…