Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Paani Paani re !

Two of my FB friends posted photos of monkeys drinking water. Sharvari Paranjape posted a photograph of a vanar monkey drinking water with his hands, while Indrani Ghose posted a picture of a monkey imbibing from a glass.

Once upon a time,
rivers flowed
without human interference
and belonged to all,
and
you partook
and quenched your thirst
in nature's glass,
at leisure..

Now with
dirty water coming
in pipes,
at a great cost
in money,plastics
and environment,
and always in short supply,
you must grab what you get
and gulp it down,
even
it is in
a half empty glass.

As one simian said to another,
"These bipeds
say they have evolved ?"

3 comments:

  1. seriously... our evolution has stopped the evolution of everything else

    wonderful pics

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  2. It's a pain to see plastic cups in those hands. We have evolved just to throw plastic bottles and cups and empty packets of chips everywhere :-(

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  3. What a unique take on the shot.
    You think so differently.
    Great lines.
    Thank you!

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