https://www.scmp.com/rss/515854/feed Parul Kulshrestha is an independent journalist based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She covers issues including education, heritage, crime, women and children, agriculture and rural India. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Rescued en route to Hyderabad where they were due to be slaughtered, a caravan of some 150 starving and emaciated camels travel 750km back home to Rajasthan, a state whose deserts once cloistered a proud herding culture that is now struggling to preserve its most treasured creatures. The camels were stopped in Maharashtra state while being smuggled into the meat trade and now survive by nibbling on trees and bushes along congested roadsides, as they make slow progress up western India, guided by... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3223586/indias-rajasthan-state-once-had-thriving-camel-industry-now-risks-being-lost-forever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3223586/indias-rajasthan-state-once-had-thriving-camel-industry-now-risks-being-lost-forever?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jun 2023 06:00:19 +0000