<p>nah, i dun lurk here as much as some ppl <em>ahem</em></p>
<p>i juz come, see n post some random stuff… i ahve tried to desperately bring back the TiT to college discussion but usually fail miserably cos no one else save a few is interested… :p</p>
<p>here’s another weird random article… (with an undercurrent anti-india theme?) strangley enough, it’s not satire…</p>
<p>India chews over horny problem of holy cows
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 10:47 AM
NEW DELHI, May 3 (Reuters) - An Indian court has ordered
officials to clean up one of the biggest menaces prowling the
wide avenues, luscious parks and crowded bazaars of the capital
New Delhi – holy cows.
About 35,000 cows and buffaloes roam free in Delhi in the
heart of north India’s Hindu “cow belt”, sharing roads with
hordes of monkeys, camels and stray dogs and killing scores of
people every year in gorings and traffic accidents.
Most are owned by residents who let them graze on grass and
rubbish dumps and sell the milk to thousands of illegal dairies
supplying New Delhi’s 14 million people.
Cows are sacred to Hindus and just the rumour of mistreatment
can prompt angry mobs to kill people in revenge. Traffic
routinely comes to a halt to allow the animals to amble across
highways and pedestrians constantly side-step steaming evidence
of their passage.
Delhi’s high court ordered the city authorities to clear the
streets more than three years ago and about 30,000 animals have
since been picked up, most later dying in state shelters.
But angry at the city’s failure to finish the job and under
pressure from non-government groups, the court last week ordered
the municipal authorities to speed up their efforts and gave them
a week to convince it they had a workable solution.
Flustered officials are in a bind. Many of the strays are
owned by people with powerful political or criminal connections
and round-up crews sometimes need police guards.
Sceptical cow owners are also simply shifting their beasts
for now to ride out what they see as a passing campaign.
“It’s all a ploy to make more money,” 35-year veteran Rajesh
Sharma told the India Abroad News Service. “These cows and bulls
have been roaming around in the streets even before the British
came to India. It’s just a temporary gimmick.”
The city is toying with implanting microchips in cows to
identify them and record medical history. But the $20 a beast
cost has angered owners. Non-government groups say the government
just doesn’t have the resources to deal with the problem.
“If they fail to prevent the movement of cows on city roads,
then cattle-catching should be privatised, said Meira Bhatia, a
lawyer at the Deli-based NGO Common Cause, which launched the
original court case and last week urged faster action. “The
authorities have failed to comply with the court’s judgment.”
Meanwhile, the city is also infested with thousands of
monkeys blamed for attacking people and stealing medicine from
hospitals and files from government offices.
The monkeys are too smart for traps, sterilisation is too
costly, animal rights groups fight round-ups and they are
well-fed and protected by residents who consider them auspicious.
Thousands of people pour into temples and leave offerings of
food around the city every Tuesday, the monkey-god’s day.
Delhi plastic surgeons say the biggest source of work among
children in the city is treating monkey bites. The monkey problem
has become worse since 1978, when India, then the world’s largest
supplier, banned the exporting of monkeys for medical research.
But in Delhi, authorities can do little more than fine people
for feeding them and calling in specially trained, larger and
more aggressive long-tailed langur monkeys to scare them off.
((Additional reporting by Biraja Mahapatra in New Delhi)
((Editing by Jason Szep; Reuters Messaging:
<a href="mailto:terry.friel.reuters.com@reuters.net”>terry.friel.reuters.com@reuters.net</a>))</p>
<p>Hey I’ve been doing a lot of lurking lately</p>
<p>such,
I’ve got my BITSAT on the 30th of May. That’s my last exam for now :(</p>
<p>flame, interesting article…but I think I have a soft side for the cows.</p>
<p>
eheh twas funny watching the monkeys scampering away. oh yeah, they provide loads of entertainment in my backyard. cheeky lil simians. where’s the menace?</p>
<p>“About 35,000 cows and buffaloes roam free in Delhi in the
heart of north India’s Hindu “cow belt”, sharing roads with
hordes of monkeys, camels and stray dogs and killing scores of
people every year in gorings and traffic accidents.”</p>
<p>thats crazy!</p>
<p>where’s the menace???</p>
<p>Last time I was in Delhi, my cousin’s compound had been overtaken by your cute little simians! I was climbing the stairs one day and a younger member of the aforementioned simians caught hold of my leg and looked as though taking a chunk out of it might be a good idea!</p>
<p>Oh yeah and I had a cycle accident once because a herd of monkeys decided to gallop across my path!</p>
<p>Bah! Hire the sharpshooters I say :mad:</p>
<p>thats INDIA</p>
<p>and yeah it’s also crazy</p>
<p>such,
Maybe u were at a monkey crossing :D</p>
<p>hahaha very funny :mad:</p>
<p>I don’t like monkeys :(</p>
<p>well at least u don’t have to bear them for long. U’ll be starting for NJ soon I guess.</p>
<p>when did neha become a senior member? congrats gurl!</p>
<p>I don’t have to bear them at all. There are no monkeys in Calcutta :D</p>
<p>why is MSN msgr saying my pw is incorrect 
My hotmail’s working fine!</p>
<p>oh msgr’s been having loads of probs lately, so nothing to fret about</p>
<p>God knows…someone stole my Yahoo pw :(</p>
<p>how come youre back from class so soon anyway? Did you even go? :p</p>
<p>lol…thnx merc…yeah accordin to shekar i prac live here…:p</p>
<p>on a more p<em>issed off note, i got a bloody provisional offer from NUS cos apparently i did not meet their minimum MT requirments of D7 while i had a bloody A1 :mad:
they are so f cuked up, at first ministry scraps MT as a compulsory subject for uni admission plus NUS has access to all my scores still says it does not have my MT… (after so much s</em>it abt not lookin at MT grades anymroe)</p>
<p>so tmr i am gonna call them [thta is if i get thru their forever engaged lines) and bug them and prob fax a hundred copies of my hindi grade… :mad:</p>
<p>phew…feels nice to vent it…</p>
<p>ps: even f uck spelled wrongly is censored!!! :eek:</p>
<p>WOW
all AOE fans check this out [url=<a href=“http://archive.gamespy.com/landing/ageofempires3/]AOE3@GameSpy[/url”>http://archive.gamespy.com/landing/ageofempires3/]AOE3@GameSpy[/url</a>]</p>
<p>hey ppl…:)</p>
<p>aftr a logn time i bothered to read up the page si missed…n now i wonder y did…coz thr wasnt nethign very important…except(Altho late)…still…such…y sucha wonderful generalisation over 'all bengaliz are vogan"…? huh?..</p>
<p>all the best shekar for ur BITSAT!!!..mine is on 18th may…n thts my last exam for the time being…n i have heard isc results are most probably being announced on tht day…:(…</p>
<p>premanjali,
Thank u and same 2 u. Remember any ‘tough’ questions u might encounter and tell me. I heard that a lot of Qs are being repeated :D</p>