Overview
- A short video from IIT Madras shows a mother deer feeding her calf in the middle of a campus road as people keep their distance.
- Indian Express now reports the post has crossed 15 million views, up from more than 10 million noted in earlier reports.
- The moment was filmed by a research scholar on campus and shared online by Vaibhav Gujar, whose caption read, “This is the spirit of IIT Madras.”
- Bystanders slowed or stopped vehicles without honking, which allowed the animals to finish in peace before the mother led the calf away.
- IIT Madras sits inside a wooded area in Chennai that often hosts spotted deer and blackbucks, so calm human–wildlife encounters are a regular part of campus life.