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1. Snake Tales- Part I (01
May 2003)
Lots of people have fear of snakes and I was no exception
to this. |
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2.
The Punishment (01 March 2003)
A number of my friends enjoy their
drink and so do my elephants. This applies to a large
number of my charges at the Delhi Zoo. When the weather
gets really cold, animals other than elephants snuggle
down in the warmth of their dens with large amounts of
straw to warm them. |
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3. An Elephantine Welcome (01 January 2003)
A pair of Leopard cubs were the P.M.’s gift to the Algerian
people and these were flown in style to Algiers with
me. I would be required to (1) clean dirty crates (2)
provide for the care of the cubs (3) meet V.I.P.s and
welcome them properly. |
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4. Carrying Coals to Newcastle? (01 December 2002)
The year 1974. The pair of baby elephants had to go to
Zanzibar. This was a gift of the Vice President of India
to the Tanzanian government and they had to go by sea. |
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5. Encounters of the elephant
kind (01 November 2002)
Elephants, though very intelligent,
have their moods - strong likes & dislikes - like
a large number of us. |
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6. The P.M’s Hospitality (01 October 2002)
Elephants in India, since time immemorial, have been
associated with V.I.P.s. In times of war they have been
used as huge battering rams tearing down mighty gates
of forts, crushing puny foot soldiers underfoot. |
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7. The rains came down and
the floods came up. (01 August 2002)
It is not every one who reaches office to find that floods
have stopped his work ! |
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8. Rhino Bride Hunt (01 July
2002)
Finding suitable partners for our charges is a full time
job and fraught with many dangers of very different kinds. |
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9.
A Very Human "Tail" (01
June 2002)
Animals are very interesting but humans are quite so
too. It was a very normal day at the zoo and there were
just the mundane affairs to be attended to. |
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10. Wanted A Bride-Japanese
origin Preferred (01 April 2002)
There were far too many bachelor boys around. This was
very disturbing. My job was there to see that the tribe
increased and it applied to all animals including the
Hippo. |
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11. The Hippo`s Time (01
February 2002)
Our hippo would soon be a Mamma! Something that we all
looked forward to.
I had only seen a baby and momma from the safe comfortable
confines of a jeep with plenty of good food and cold
beer inside me. |
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12. Train Tiger Tumble (01
January 2002)
It was decided at last that my tigress would go to Trichur
(Kerala).
She was duly crated and ensconced in the brake van of
the train. (G.T Express) going from Delhi to Madras-to
be further transported from Madras for the onward journey
to Trichur. |
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13. A Lined love that Lasted (01 December 2001)
A love affair is very private for most people. But I
have gone through private affairs that have been very
public indeed; so public that they have been prominently
displayed in newspapers. |
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14. More Monkey Business (01 November 2001)
One of the things that gives a 'Zoo Man' a great lift
is when he is called out to capture a wild animal that
has 'invaded' 'human' habitation. ...Well, monkeys in
Delhi do this quite often and may I confess that this
happens usually when one is at his lowest ebb and works
miracles on his feeling of well being |
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15. Urban Wild (01 October
2001)
Urban Delhi is a place where a number of wild animals
live in the concrete jungle of the capital city ( pun
unintended)........
The displaced monkeys who have made the Capital's North
Block their home, are a sight for any visitor to the
India Gate. Simians walking boldly past uniformed naval
officers and decorated Generals through the corridors
of power is indeed a ludicrous sight |
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16. The Making of a Zoo Man (01 September 2001)
The urge to look after wild animals started off at a
very young age especially fuelled off by my Dad's hobby
of keeping not only domestic animals but also wild ones
at home. At about the age of 7+ I had the chance to enter
a pigeon coop and help my father to clean it up, change
the water and feed. I could, after some instruction,
find out the sick ones, treat them and after some years
could even do minor surgery.
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