Patna: Graceful, elusive and nearly blind, the Ganges river dolphin, locally known as "susu", once glided through the murky waters of the Ganga and Brahmaputra with a quiet majesty. Today ...

This is the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS), India's only protected habitat for the endangered Ganges river dolphin and a last bastion for the "blind swimmers" of the subcontinent ...