National Animal

Tell me, who.......... i apologise, which is the national animal of India? TIGER; haa.. that was easy.


Now, what is a national animal? well, it depicts our nation, our culture, its people i.e. us. It is the personification of what we as a nation are.

Think again, are we in any way related or similar to this animal.

This menacing king of the jungle. This carnivore. I believe that it couldn't have been more contradictory in nature. The only animal other than tiger that comes to my mind is none other than our very own Elephant.

Observe the similarities and u'll be searching for a trunk of your own.The gentle giant can well be equated with the Common Man of R.K. Lakshman.

Lives in close knit families which are very huge at times; is a simple vegetarian, its kids are of utmost importance to it, can endure long work schedules and is very lovable, though gigantic in size. Seldom would you have seen an elephant brawl, on any of the Nat Geo or discovery channels. It takes life as it comes. The easy going creature.

It's in typical accordance with how we lead our lives.

But, the picture is not so rosy as it seems. Everybody knows how harmful and destructive elephants can be once they lose it.Hordes of villages, fields are all destroyed. Anything that comes in its path is reduced to gravel.

Such is the power of a common Indian too, we tolerate and tolerate, but when the fuse goes out, then the wild elephant takes over and it's apocalypse for anything that comes in our way.

Time to rethink folks....