Moments so Far ...

His neck was bruised with all night struggle He ignored the pain to break the bondage futile attempts to set him free he was taken away from his mother they said he was infant easier to separate his eyes filled with tears eyelids had dried tears with humans around now he will only develop fear thick rope in neck pains his hurt only stays there trunk stretched to be fed by mahout hands washed and bathed in the Tunga visitors take photo kids say he is cute pity his conditions wonder his blood clots rest of Suryas family stood there near each other as exhibits in museum with name and age to disclose to curious visitors To pass some money from visitors to mahout hands in exchange put trunk  on their heads apparently a blessing from the cursed elephants for humans only care to domesticate the beast of wild freedom now slave to human brain ---- Met Surya at  Sakrebyle Elephant Camp, Shivmoga, Karnataka. Will YOU do somethi...

Christmas 2012 was on the horizon. The children's earnestness was glaring from their eyes, where will we go and what will we do? We were late but then  +Mayank Sharma  shared few ideas. The second one looked feasible and we decided to tag along to a homestay somewhere in Shimoga, Karnataka. A day before the departure the packing was in full swing. 2 of us were sick so the family discussion began with a concern from head of family. The head of family thought that the cold and cough will deteriorate as one was hardly able to talk and other's nose was running. The discussion was thought as an attempt to hijack and call off the travel plan. There were tears and accusations. In the end the family discussion fell apart and nobody knew if we were really going. We just hoped to get up in morning and go. Fortunately, we got up the next day and slowly it dawned on us that we were indeed going. We hit the NICE road from Kanakapura and for toll of INR 84 came out near Neela...