Such is the miracle of the world that I came across a boy in a Mela at Pulbazaar (Bijanbari), Darjeeling who had two heads joined to his single body. I paid him ten rupees to watch him, he was the highlight of the fair...(04.02.2009)
By Seira Tamang As noted by various scholars, Hinduism, the Nepali language, the monarchy and a rastriya itihas (a chronicle of progress in which the dark era of Rana rule is contrasted with the enlightened, progressive and modern period of Panchayat rule) formed the core of the Panchayat regime’s national culture. The formation and consolidation of this national culture have required the expunging of uncomfortable facts and stories that might raise ambiguities and questions. While the selection of what and who is and is not acknowledged to exist (or at least exist in historically important ways) in official Nepali history is complex, social scientists have begun to provide more comprehensive historical accounts of the past through oral histories and re-readings of historical documents. Such accounts reveal how ordinary people lived in the past, and offer ways to think through how ‘history’ is crafted, shaped and managed in order to reflect ‘the reality’ best suited to the status quo, ...
This is awesome! Now that two headed girl will have someone to date... he just needs to be a few years older!
ReplyDeleteEven I paid something like that to watch those people pull off a scam of similar sorts in Saramsa mela.
ReplyDeleteIt was pathetic. They'd used mirrors in every angle and I nearly laughed out loud.
Easy way to earn 10 bucks, I swear!
Technohazard : Well if he is born like this i am sure in some other place two-headed girl is also born for him.
ReplyDeleteRinchen: Actually i felt sorry for them.
Its sad dt they r used for display n even sadder that they dont earn mch..... i wish they wer helped to lead a normal life wit a spcl interest n help frm the govenment like in the foreign countries.... instead of using them as a show piece!
ReplyDeletei think this a is fake photographs.take their pics while they are standing.
ReplyDeleteI wud like to c a pic with da boy actually sitting or standing...seems lik a fake :|
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