The National is really starting to hit its stride, and no more so than in this opus by our Delhi correspondent...
My nomination for best paragraphs of the month:
My nomination for best paragraphs of the month:
Shortly after the mines were opened to house the urban monkeys, villagers found themselves facing some 10 attacks per day. Their complaints eventually led to a tender from the government – a small cash dispensation allowing the villagers to rent a langur monkey.The fierce langur is routinely used at New Delhi residences and government buildings to scare off the smaller rhesus monkeys.But after nine months, the government tender expired, leaving residents to stave off their unruly neighbours with sticks and slingshots. The trouble with sticks, said Dhara Singh Oad, the village president – who bears monkey scars of his own – is that they only provoke monkeys to attack.
It has been long-running Village policy not to negotiate with Monkeys.
Those monkeys are crazy. I remember seeing one steal a shiny braclet right off a guy's arm. Then I made the mistake of showing my teeth to another...i think that means "Attack!" in monkeyspeak.
thats attack-speak in any language man. flash your teeth at me and i'd probably start swinging furious headbutts....