THE ARROGANT CAMEL




Somehow each city has got itself connected in my mind with an animal. If it was the bovine variety in Baroda, it is a four legged humped one in Ahmadabad too, except it has no horns, is tall and is bloody arrogant. Well the last part is a figment of my imagination. AM talking abt the camel. It’s as common as the bloody cow (err I mean holy cow) in Baroda.
Oh yes the arrogant part. U see the funny little (well not so little) has got its nose high up in the air (maybe bcoz it’s tall) and is always sniffing something up there. Gives it a very haughty look. SNOOTY FELLOW!
Not nice to be looked down upon by a CAMEL. Hey I’m the two legged one with BIGGER brains (assure u its true I do have brains an do walk on two legs ... shut up all those sniggering)
Oh yeah gave me grt pleasure to see them pulling carts with people in them. (Sorry PETA i.e. the ethical treatment ppl not the ones calling themselves People for Eating Tasty Animals and no was not thinking abt eating camels in the first place. they are the skinny bony types with not much flesh)
Well Ahmadabad also showed some other interesting ppl ... my driver refused to let me buy a Bisleri bottle in a Mohmeddan area saying that was not for Hindus. Interesting didn’t know packaged drinking water came in religious flavours.
Also saw a baby camel dead on the street (struck by passing truck) a new born calf and buffalo also lying dead. The buffalo must have died at childbirth. Might just turn into BUDDHA what with all the life cycle stuff I am seeing.
Well onto Surat now. Can’t think of another animal to associate but let’s see what I find.
Cheers

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