: Elephants are the bane of Akshu Atri’s life. This book shows why he still cares for them #IndiaNEWS The biggest offenders, too dangerous to be dealt with by dogs or children, were elephants. Every

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Elephants are the bane of Akshu Atri’s life. This book shows why he still cares for them #IndiaNEWS
The biggest offenders, too dangerous to be dealt with by dogs or children, were elephants. Every year, when Madhubangaon’s corn or rice lured the pachyderms, the men of the village would climb into tongs, tree houses or towers, and spend the nights sleeping in the fields. If an elephant (inevitably male) interrupted the night, the men would awake and begin hollering, “Hoy, the haathi has come! Haathi ayya ray! The elephant has come from this side! Hey, Adhikaari Naani – wake up!� until all the other men and often the rest of the village was up and shouting at the intruder. Akshu would join the women and children on the village’s paths and look out at the elephant in the crop fields, illuminated by moonlight or torch or battery-powered flashlight, alternatingly making noises at the elephant to scare it away and speaking admiringly of the marauder. “Aaaaiiii! Oooooh! Look at how big the haathi is!� the children would say. “Such a big haathi!�For the children of Madhubangaon, the fact that elephants were taking a share of their food was not something that immediately tarnished the crop-raiders in their minds. Elephants were still a source of real wonder in the village. On rare occasions,...Read more

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