Positive India:Kanak Tiwari:
Cow’s Essay
THE UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMISSION (UPSC) EXAMINATION PAPERS ARE REAL GEMS. CALCUTTA’S ‘THE TELEGRAPH’ HAS GOT HOLD OF ONE SUCH GEM. A CANDIDATE HAS WRITTEN AN ESSAY IN THE INDIAN COW. HERE IT GOES;
The cow is a successful animal. Also he is quadruped, and because he is female, he give milk, but will do so when he is got child. He is same like God, sacred to Hindus and useful to man. But he has got four legs together, Two are towards and two are afterwards.
His whole body can be utilised for use. More so the milk, What can it do? Various ghee, butter cream, curd, why the condensed milk and so fourth, Also he is useful to cobbler, watermans and mankinds generally.
His motion is slow only because he is of astitudinious species. Also his other motion is much useful to trees, plants as well as making flat cakes in hand and drying in Sun. Cow is the only animal that extricates his feeding after eating. Then afterwards she chew with his teeth whom are situated in the inside of the month. He is incessantly in the meadows in the grass.
His only attacking and defending organ is the horn, specially when he is got child. This is done by bowing his head whereby he causes the weapons to be paralled to the ground of the earth and instantly with great velocity towards.
He has got tail also, but not like similar animals. It has hairs on the other end of the other side. This is done to frighten away the files alight on his body whereupon he gives hit with it.
This is the cow.
God save the cow and the English language. An Englishmen would have sued the candidate for the murder of his mother-tongue. But believe it or not, the candidate has passed the UPSC examination.
[FROM THE DECCAN CHRONICLE, AUGUST 9, 1992].Coutesy:Kanak Tiwari
