The brothers helping heal Delhi’s most-hated birds

The sight of black kites, a carnivorous raptor, circling over garbage dumps in Delhi fills most people with disgust. But not Nadeem Shehzad and Muhammad Saud. Since coming across an injured kite bird two decades ago, they’ve been nursing them back to health in their small home. Sushmita Pathak visited their bird clinic and reports. 

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