A visit to Pallikaranai and the zoo
It was pretty unexpected to be taken somewhere on a field trip as par of our course. So I was pretty excited to be a part of this.
We were told we would be taken to Pallikarani wasteland and Vandalur zoo. Before the trip to Pallikaranai, we were given
a presentation on it by eminent photojournalist Shaji John, which was pretty moving. We never expected pepl to be living in
such inhumane conditions.So first stop was Pallikaranai, we got down and observed pile after pile of garbage stacked on top of each other on one side,
Modern high rises and settlements on another and finally a group of exotic birds in a small patch of water.
This pretty much summed up the place... we can very much relate that to our general world where things of material
purpose take centrestage and natural hotspots are receding alrmingly
Then we went on a much lighter note to the vandalur zoo... it was like rolling back the years. We were excited to see
certain animals like the white tiger, though it was hot and steamy that afternoon, it was an experience which I cherished.
I had a ot of fun with friends and it was really refreshing to go out for a change than just sit and code in college, which is probably
what most of use would be doing in a few years time anyway
Well... I'll let the pictures do the talking now...
It was pretty unexpected to be taken somewhere on a field trip as par of our course. So I was pretty excited to be a part of this.
We were told we would be taken to Pallikarani wasteland and Vandalur zoo. Before the trip to Pallikaranai, we were given
a presentation on it by eminent photojournalist Shaji John, which was pretty moving. We never expected pepl to be living in
such inhumane conditions.So first stop was Pallikaranai, we got down and observed pile after pile of garbage stacked on top of each other on one side,
Modern high rises and settlements on another and finally a group of exotic birds in a small patch of water.
This pretty much summed up the place... we can very much relate that to our general world where things of material
purpose take centrestage and natural hotspots are receding alrmingly
Then we went on a much lighter note to the vandalur zoo... it was like rolling back the years. We were excited to see
certain animals like the white tiger, though it was hot and steamy that afternoon, it was an experience which I cherished.
I had a ot of fun with friends and it was really refreshing to go out for a change than just sit and code in college, which is probably
what most of use would be doing in a few years time anyway
Well... I'll let the pictures do the talking now...
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