Hanuman and the Monkey Men
Temples to Hanuman are seen everywhere on the road to Patna. In Patna, there is a garish temple devoted to Hanuman near the train station. On the outskirts of town, there is the Danuba Military Academy. For the first time, we encounter the mistreatment of animals as two young, squealing pigs are taken upside down, legs bound, into the officers’ mess.
On the street, there are soldiers everywhere wearing hard expressions on their face. There is no shortage of saltpeter in this town. In simple Americanese, we observe,
Dude, that’s the first Indian guy I’ve seen that looks like he can kick someone’s ass!
Posted at 04:00PM Jan 07, 2007 by D Bums Comments[0]