Monday, 21 January 2008

Did you ever hear about the....?

...Wizard who got stuck in a Neem tree?




Incidentally he was Indian, late fifties, with orange turban and was zipping past Kawad village in Rajasthan.



His wandering eyes got distractedly drawn to a woman in ghoonghat carrying three pots of water on her head (on left in photo), started to follow the "gaja gamini"* and pulled his head along to join the party.




Next thing you know, crash! He was entangled in the welcoming arms of Azadirachta Indica



He can be seen in picture picking neem leaves to make new broom. Old broom, as picture shows, was gobbled up by wandering goats.


* 1. The one with the walk like an elephant. Used to refer to a characteristically South Asian woman's walking style, with hips swinging from side to side in a slow rhythmic way, resembling the gait of an elephant- very sexy if done well! Woman in picture mastered the art, as she was using her free arm to propel herself forward and maintain a delicate balance.

2. A fairly complex and parallel-est of parallel cinema film by M.F. Hussain. It starred Madhuri Dixit, who, it has to be said, was quite well endowed in the hip region, thereby enabling her to pull off a great elephant walk.