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No more monkey business, please!
By Ravi S. Jha (Our Correspondent)
18 May 2007
NEW DELHI â It was a lunch Din Dayal Sharma will never forget. As he braced to munch on his favourite mangoes and breads in his office in the Secretariat Building, he was suddenly swarmed with an army of monkeys, all eager to share the eatables.
The monkeys had all marched to his lobby through the huge corridors.
Now, Sharma had two options: either part with his lunch, or else, get his clothes ripped apart! He obviously chose to forego the latter option.
So began the "party". There was more in store. Some of the monkeys who were not particularly interested in the menu on offer, decided to have some fun. So they broke chairs, threw files from closets and mocked and scoffed at panicking officials.
Sharma was just one more victim of the infamous "monkey menace" of South Avenue, New Delhi's power corridor, where his office is located.
Not that this was Sharma's first rendezvous with South Avenueâs simians. Almost everyday, there is some simian-related incident around the Indian Parliament, especially when the House session is in progress, when unruly monkeys pose a serious challenge to what many in India consider "unruly parliamentarians".
While inside the House, parliamentarians may debate, clash or wrestle over what they feel are key national issues; outside â in the office corridors of South Avenue â monkeys rule the roost. "Donât park your cars unlocked, monkeys can even drive them away", goes a saying here.
Recently a parliamentarian from Jharkhand was attacked by a group of rhesus macaques, who decamped with his briefcase carrying âcash and other valuablesâ. Even gun-wielding policemen in this heavily guarded installation couldnât help. The legislator even filed a complaint to the Secretariat, but his briefcase has not been located yet.
So this time the parliamentarians thought 'enough is enough'. They have taken up the matter in the ongoing Parliament session. They are demanding that monkeys be barred (disqualified!) from entering Parliament. But how? Getting rid of some 20,000-plus monkeys isnât an easy task.
South Avenue, where Parliament, North and South Blocks are located, is lush green, which the monkeys find an ideal habitat.
AIADMK parliamentarian K Malaisamy, who raised the issue in Rajya Sabha (Upper House) yesterday, has a remedy: "The monkeys have to be transported out. They can't make merry at our expense," he says.
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By Ravi S. Jha (Our Correspondent)
18 May 2007
NEW DELHI â It was a lunch Din Dayal Sharma will never forget. As he braced to munch on his favourite mangoes and breads in his office in the Secretariat Building, he was suddenly swarmed with an army of monkeys, all eager to share the eatables.
The monkeys had all marched to his lobby through the huge corridors.
Now, Sharma had two options: either part with his lunch, or else, get his clothes ripped apart! He obviously chose to forego the latter option.
So began the "party". There was more in store. Some of the monkeys who were not particularly interested in the menu on offer, decided to have some fun. So they broke chairs, threw files from closets and mocked and scoffed at panicking officials.
Sharma was just one more victim of the infamous "monkey menace" of South Avenue, New Delhi's power corridor, where his office is located.
Not that this was Sharma's first rendezvous with South Avenueâs simians. Almost everyday, there is some simian-related incident around the Indian Parliament, especially when the House session is in progress, when unruly monkeys pose a serious challenge to what many in India consider "unruly parliamentarians".
While inside the House, parliamentarians may debate, clash or wrestle over what they feel are key national issues; outside â in the office corridors of South Avenue â monkeys rule the roost. "Donât park your cars unlocked, monkeys can even drive them away", goes a saying here.
Recently a parliamentarian from Jharkhand was attacked by a group of rhesus macaques, who decamped with his briefcase carrying âcash and other valuablesâ. Even gun-wielding policemen in this heavily guarded installation couldnât help. The legislator even filed a complaint to the Secretariat, but his briefcase has not been located yet.
So this time the parliamentarians thought 'enough is enough'. They have taken up the matter in the ongoing Parliament session. They are demanding that monkeys be barred (disqualified!) from entering Parliament. But how? Getting rid of some 20,000-plus monkeys isnât an easy task.
South Avenue, where Parliament, North and South Blocks are located, is lush green, which the monkeys find an ideal habitat.
AIADMK parliamentarian K Malaisamy, who raised the issue in Rajya Sabha (Upper House) yesterday, has a remedy: "The monkeys have to be transported out. They can't make merry at our expense," he says.
www.khaleejtimes.com
