With my mother currently in Assam, an insurgency-ridden state, it is but natural for me to read anything because of which the state is in the news.
Imagine my surprise when I read that Osama bin Laden had been hunted and killed in the state.
Disbelief writ large on my face, I read further.
Apparently a 10-feet tall jumbo also shared its name with the most dreaded and hunted-for man on the face of this earth.
The namesake pachyderm, known for terrorizing the people of Assam for over two years, was killed yesterday in a tea plantation.
Whether it was the same elephant that had caused so many people to live in constant fear, is not completely sure, but the Assam local assembly, which had ordered the killing, is in the line of fire definitely, with several conservationists and animal welfare activists bitterly criticizing the killing.
With India being home to almost half of the dwindling Asian elephant population in the world, this issue will certainly not go down well.
Watch this space for more news.
2 comments:
vandana when i read about osama, i also was under the impression as you were....that osama bin laden was killed.Later i realised it was not.
Sriyala.
elephants are cute, but they are also strong animals. I've added your site to favourites, when you write more about it.
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