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Here's the mantra Charm them out of their hideouts

Here's the mantra

Ask the pujaris to teach the police `Garuda Mantra' to threaten the cobras. Find ways to nab them according to `Garuda purana.'

The police should dress up as `Aparichitudu' and instead of sniffer dogs, they should move with mongoose.

Name the special `Peacocks' instead of Grey Hounds.

This will do the needful.

P. Sai Deepak,

Sainik School, Korukonda

Party specials

Privileges various parties could give if the cobras surrender:

Congress: Free power for cobra's houses (only for one bulb i.e 40w), `Rajeev Adaviyathra' every month to check cobras' facilities.

They would also recommend Sonia Gandhi to give national holiday on snake festivals.

TDP: `Hitec cobra city' with `cobra world' in it, weekly `Sarpabhoomi' program and video conference with cobra `sarpa'nches and F1 snake track project in Nallamalla forest.

TRS: A separate state and snake dance concert by Vijayasanthi.

Sridhar Ganugapati,

Hyderabad

Kalindi Mardhanam

The YSR Government should launch a special programme to catch all types of `cobras' and name it `Kaalindi Mardhanam' (like Megha Madhanam for rain).

Provide a few crores of rupees for it's implementation.

We are all aware that the recent heavy rains and floods came to the state because of Megha Madhanam.

Similarly, the Cobras may be caught by the Kaalindi Mardhanam programme!

B. Vijaya Kumar,

Tanuku

Mongoose invasion

Like Grey Hounds, let us have Brown Mongoose. They will be designated as `Nallamalai Mongooses' or `Kakatiya Mongooses' depending on the place they are deployed. Another way is to ask George Bush to use technology and divert future Katrinas and Ritas to places where cobras are holed up. Bush said he would smoke out Osama. Let him at least smoke out cobras!

A.R.R. Datta,

Hyderabad

Megastar dhamaka

Let megastars do the famous `Punnami Naagu' dance number or Sridevi the `Naagin' dance on Amrish Puri's ......oops Shahrukh's `Bubbly Snake Tune.' Charmed by these, the cobras will come out and get caught. If that doesn't work, hire the creators of `Anaconda' to scare these cobras away for good.

Jeelani Ahmed

Visakhapatnam

Sena to crush the cobras

We have armed men with various names like Black Cats. Likewise, another set of armed squad called as `Mongoose Sena' should be formed to crush the hissing cobras.

N. Ramalakshmi

Ramagundam

Try Amrit-Milk

Milk is to snakes as `Amrit' is to Gods. A specially prepared `Amrit-Milk will change the cobras' nature. Once fed with this, the different skinned snakes will acquire the multi-qualities of an ideal leader and crawl around harmlessly. The ingredients for Amrit Milk -- 500 ml milk of ethics, 100 grams sugar of empathy, 100 grams almond of honesty, 100 grams cashew of sympathy, 100 ml honey of humanity and 100 grams fresh fruits of patriotism. Don't forget to serve Amrit-Milk hot to the snakes. For best results, you can add the dry fruits of simplicity and selflessness also!

Ananthi S.

Hyderabad

Fight fire with fire

Unleash the Maoist mongoose to effectively deal with the stealthy cobras as both adopt guerrilla tactics. Or, let the Home Minister play the snake charmer to bring the cobras out of the hole. Also, lure the Maoists and finish off both!

T.S. Rao

Visakhapatnam

Frog trap

To nab the cobra, invite all the frogs to a party, promising them fun. Invite the cobra as the chief guest to the party. Surely, the cobras would never miss this opportunity and attend the party only to get caught!

M. Krishna Chaitanya

Visakhapatnam

Sniffer vipers

The police should set up trained sniffer vipers, a la sniffer dogs, to ferret out the cobras from their hideouts. In a bid to get rid of these infantile reptiles in their budding stage (unless they surrender) threaten them with using services of snipers to wipe them out.

R. Ramachandra Rao

Hyderabad

Monthly mamool

Evolve a system by which Lok Satta and other such NGOs collectively name the politician, irrespective of any political party, who has `swallowed' the subsidies, rations, flood/drought/cyclone relief etc. meant for the poor and present him or her to those cobras as monthly mamool! The cobras would no longer be harmful to anyone either in the natural or concrete jungles!

R.P. Rammohan

Hyderabad

Hire Hritik

Pepsi co. brought in King Khan to get the cobras out, but came out the pep-snakes with shirts-up. Now, let's see if Hritik Roshan (the former Coke model) does any good to lure the cobras. This time Amul (the giant in milk industry) should hire him to get the cobras out.

Shania,

Hyderabad

Holy fire

Name anything, you would find it in Vedas and epics! As you browse, Janamejaya appears on the screen; perform sarpa yaga! Light the sacred fire, chant hymns; all snakes forget crawling and fly to sacrifice themselves by jumping into the holy fire!

V. Krishna Mohan,

Hyderabad

Snake summit

It is said, "If you see a cobra and a politician, catch the politician first." Only a dangerous species can catch similar species. Like naxals, cobras can be invited by our Ministers for discussions at the State Guest house. The only difference is, this time the police will jump into action to take them into custody!

Syashank

Hyderabad

Feign surrender

Declare through print and media that hundreds of cobras have been caught in the last 24 hours and that they are being interrogated with third degree methods and that many have disclosed their hideouts and identities of the other cobras. Make a few of them (dupes) speak on TV. Make them appeal to the rest to surrender. All the cobra community will come out in the open.

Uday,

Secunderabad

Charm training

The Government should outlaw cobras and train the police to be cobra charmers. A separate force called the "King Cobra Action Force" (KCAF) should be formed to catch small-time and growing cobras. Problem solved!

D. Anand Babu,

Tirupati

Use Garudas

True, the police are not snake charmers (to catch cobras), but they can always enforce rules, right? We all know that nagas (cobras) are scared of garudas (eagles). So, the police should ensure that people wear only Garuda T-shirts, tatoos or carry eagles as pets and feed them instead of the ubiquitous pigeons. Cobras, including many unwanted `rats' among us may never surface again!

Hemavathi. S,

Hyderabad

Chase them out

Cobras with a different skin can be brought to book by chasing them in `Garuda' Volvo buses of APSRTC. Another way is to male the Home Minister don the role of a `Piped Man' to smoke the cobras out of forests.

B.V. Kumar

Nellore

More training

A political party is blaming the Government that it is taming cobras to counter them. At the same time this particular party has formed a `sena' and training them in martial arts. Just ask them to provide `extra' training like `mongoose fight' or `eagle hunt' to catch cobras to can save itself. This will also be a considerable advantage to its long-standing demand of separation.

N. Siddartha

Nellore

Netas know the trick

Our beloved leaders know the technique of how to attract cobras with gifts just as they do at the time of elections to lure voters with attractive gifts. The neta log are the best cobra charmers. As they know the pulse of different sections of society they can understand anger and play their flute to woo the cobras into their traps. So the angry cobras will shun violence and lead a normal life.

K. Dayakar Kalyani

Warangal

Sainik School, Korukonda

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