Elephants... Soul keepers of the Earth.
Today is supposed to be the day dedicated to those gentle beings, leaders in their own rights, creators of paths for men and rivers alike and protectors of forests. Have always loved them. And a day kept aside for them is just nothing. Re-sharing something I wrote... just because it makes me happy sharing it. Dedicated to Elephants... Soul keepers of the Earth. The first ever elephant encounter was when I was 6 or 7 . We were on our annual summer vacation trip to Kerala and had visited ChottanikaraTemple . We stopped for the famous Goli Soda at a small tea stall. When suddenly there comes a beautiful pachyderm with his mahouth. Oh! that was the first time I had seen an elephant that close and the Mahouth, well whats to say, he was my hero. I could not hold my excitement and yelled at the top of my voice, " Heyyyyy Aanakaara , Idhar Aao,". Aana is Malayalam for elephant and the rest were the languages I was familiar with. I remember the entire crowd of people and the tea st...