took my niece to the zoo a couple of days back… thanks to the sunshine… the trip became a reality… the parking at the zoo costs three and a half times the zoo ticket.. entry’s free for bachchas below 5 years… wah wah… i like this place.. even for older kids… and in fact for college students it is a good place to spend time.. you can spend two-five hours there without getting bored… and if you are in a gang..you wouldn’t know how time flew till you stomach reminds you so… and you are not allowed to carry eatables inside.. i was happy to not see anyone attempting to feed the animals the nonsense we eat… but there was something else that struck me… as we neared the enclosure of the white tiger, i was so overwhelmed by the sudden realisation… the tiger stared me in the eye.. and i wondered… what the hell would this tiger be thinking? that poor little.. ok not little… but that poor tiger… had a spacious enclosure and all.. but what do you do the whole day? sit and stare at people… who stare you right back… and just keep on wanting to see you move… but there is no reason for you to move… there is nowhere to go… no food to hunt.. no one to play with… talk to… there is no ferocity in the tiger.. the lion is more docile than the newly wed indian bahu… the wolf was busy probably in his post lunch exercise regime.. but imagine someone walking the treadmill in a gym and 50 people watching him… just amused that he was gymming!!! i wonder if animals think so much… if they get bored… if they get frustrated and go insane with all the thought and no work… its a sad, sad world…
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