Update 1
While at Narhat village, my favourite timepass at nights was to gaze at lovely night sky…won’t be able to see it in so much glory once I go back to Mumbai. However, my happiness was cut short by a local who told that a bagheera (leopard) frequents the village during night to drink water..and apparently two nights earlier, that bagheera was roaming right outside the house where we were staying. A neighbor spotted the animal at that time.
The local however added that the bagheera is not a man eater..and only eats animals like goats etc. … and hence it was safe to venture out at night. Also, all the villagers sleep outside their homes at night and the bagheera doesn’t do any harm to them…and then, the local peacefully returned to his home.
Needless to say, as soon as the local went back to his house, we closed the doors… Me and my roomie didn’t dare to venture out that night to see the sparkling stars..Well, you do not want to be the first person to know that a bagheera has just turned a man eater..right???
Update 2
Two weeks later, I again went back to Narhat and this time I happened to speak to an old lady about this leopard. She nonchalantly replied that the leopard runs away when you scare it with a stick…I was dumbstruck by the callousness by which she was telling me all this...as if it was their way of life.
While at Narhat village, my favourite timepass at nights was to gaze at lovely night sky…won’t be able to see it in so much glory once I go back to Mumbai. However, my happiness was cut short by a local who told that a bagheera (leopard) frequents the village during night to drink water..and apparently two nights earlier, that bagheera was roaming right outside the house where we were staying. A neighbor spotted the animal at that time.
The local however added that the bagheera is not a man eater..and only eats animals like goats etc. … and hence it was safe to venture out at night. Also, all the villagers sleep outside their homes at night and the bagheera doesn’t do any harm to them…and then, the local peacefully returned to his home.
Needless to say, as soon as the local went back to his house, we closed the doors… Me and my roomie didn’t dare to venture out that night to see the sparkling stars..Well, you do not want to be the first person to know that a bagheera has just turned a man eater..right???
Update 2
Two weeks later, I again went back to Narhat and this time I happened to speak to an old lady about this leopard. She nonchalantly replied that the leopard runs away when you scare it with a stick…I was dumbstruck by the callousness by which she was telling me all this...as if it was their way of life.
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