New Delhi, July 6 -- Six years ago, I interviewed Isabelle Hasleder, a horse whisperer from Chennai. She helps business leaders communicate with, and understand, horses. A bit of 'horse quotient', she told me, could make people from the corporate world emotionally intelligent.

We can learn immensely from other animals, too, as my colleague Sayantan Bera realized. You are certain to be endowed with 'bull quotient' if you read his profile of Anmol, a big bull that has fathered over 25,000 calves! He goes for morning walks, takes oil massages, eats cashews, almonds, apples, milk and eggs. The rich diet gives his coat an attractive shine, making him photogenic.

This profile, an unusual one, is one of over 100 long reads Mint published in th...