Youth gets donkey ride, 2-year exile for affair with widow

REWARI: Disapproving the illicit relationship between a 37-year-old widow and a youth, a social panchayat expelled the youth from the village for two years, blackened his face and paraded him in a procession in Bodia Kamalpur village of Rewari district.

The panchayat issued the diktat on Thursday after which police also went to the village. But no police action could be taken as no one had complained to police about the incident. Read More................Panchayat diktat: Youth gets donkey ride, 2-year exile for affair with widow

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Where Donkeys Earn More Than Computer Operators

PANCHKULA: Who said donkeys can not earn well? Here's something that would make animal rights activists smile but cheese off many hard working employees. The much-flogged beast of burden is paid a handsome Rs 250 per day in Panchkula, Haryana. This is better than what many state government contract employees, such as a patwari, nurse or a computer operator, get. Read more...............Even donkeys paid more than guards, nurses in Haryana!

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Donkeys disrupt Julia Roberts’ shooting in India

Nevada Donkeys and a dog interrupted Oscar winner Julia Roberts’ shooting in Mirzapur village in Haryana for “Eat, Pray, Love”, according to reports.
Immediately after director Ryan Murphy uttered “rolling camera”, two donkeys reportedly began braying. Some staff people ran to push the donkeys away while people present laughed. “Donkey disturbance” caused some retakes. Read More................Donkeys disrupt Julia Roberts’ shooting in India

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Politician comes to file papers riding donkey

Agra: While others arrived in flashy cars, a Lok Sabha candidate came riding a donkey to file his nomination papers for the Agra reserved seat. Read More................Candidate comes to file papers riding donkey

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Donkeys fetch record prices due to labour shortage

MUMBAI: The economic meltdown may be the monkey on our back, but the donkey market is alive and kicking. A record number of donkeys - 2,000 to be precise - was sold on the opening day of the nine-day donkey bazaar in Ahmednagar district, and that too at record prices. Read More................Donkeys fetch record prices due to labour shortage

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Donkeys are this Princess's best friends

DEVGADH BARIA (DAHOD): In 2003 she successfully campaigned against a car rally planned in Little Rann of Kutch, because it would pass through the country's only wild ass sanctuary and disturb the shy beasts.

Urvashi Devi Baria, the maverick princess of former princely state of Devgadh Baria, has finally found her calling in the donkey — a beast she promises to give a royal life, after the army of dogs she owns. Read more...........................Donkeys are this princess's best friends

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'Donkey’s Milk' for the Newborn Baby

If you thought that "Mother's milk" is best for a newborn baby then you may be wrong this time as Some South Indian Mothers Ignore ‘Only Breast Milk’ Advice & Feed 'Donkey’s Milk' to the newborn baby

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MLAs come to Assembly on a Bullock-Cart

Lalu Prasad loves his cattle. So do the MLAs of Lalu’s RJD.

Proof? They today travelled to Bihar Assembly on a bullock-cart “driven” by former minister Rajesh Singh. Goal: to highlight the “plight” of farmers in the state.

The sight of Singh and RJD MLAs Bimla Bharti, Akhtar-ul-Imam and Babloo Dev standing on the cart with sugarcane sticks in their hands drew everyone’s attention, as they entered the Assembly premises around 11am.

Earlier, the MLAs defied security personnel’s request and entered the House premises through the main gate. Other RJD members, including former minister Gajendra Singh, joined the rest of the group on the cart as it headed towards the House portico.

BJP member Bhola Singh requested the Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary for a ruling on the matter. “Today, they (RJD) came in a bullock cart. Tomorrow they may come riding donkeys to highlight the problem of washermen,” said Singh, calling upon the Speaker to “submit a ruling to avoid a repeat” of such a scene. Read more................Lalu Prasad’s men take cart to Bihar House

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Beauty pageant to find Miss & Mr. Donkey

At Looniyawas, around 20 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan state of India, a donkey fair is held every year & it's on nowadays. It's a 500-year-old traditional donkey fair. Over here Donkeys from various parts of the country come for a three-day fair.

Traders have also caparisoned their donkeys and horses in a bid to entice the highest bidder.

"I came here on Thursday from Gujarat and since then I have been busy dressing up my donkeys. In today's world it is necessary to have good packaging to get a higher price," said Ram Singh, a donkey seller He said he must have put in at least Rs.1,000 on decking up his four donkeys.

As per Bhagwat Singh Rajawat, the vice-president of the fair organising committee, "We are trying our best to make the fair attractive, and on Saturday we have planned a beauty pageant where Miss Donkey and Mr. Donkey of the fair would be chosen by a panel of judges."

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Where donkeys carry newly wed couples

Can you ever imagine that in this Jet age, there is a place in India where people use donkeys only as a means of transportation? From a newly wed couple to a load of cargo -- donkeys carry everything in Mahishgote, a village just a few kilometres from Kolkata in West Bengal State of India. A visit to Mahishgote, in Howrah district, is a journey back into time.

Whether it's ferrying a marriage party or building material, there's little choice but to use donkeys here. Please note: The 6,000-people village is close to the high-speed showpiece highway under the Golden Quadrilateral project.

'We have nothing but donkeys as our key means of transport. They carry everything and everyone. The roads are so narrow that only donkeys can traverse them,' explained Sanat Kumar Hodai, a villager.
But villagers such as Abdul Aziz and Laksman Pal, who rent out donkeys, are happy.

'I have been running this business for four years. It's quite lucrative. I charge Rs.300-400 for carrying 1,000 bricks and Rs.1,500 for carrying one truck of sand as there's no other means of transport in the village,' said Abdul Aziz, who owns four donkeys. Read more.........In the shadow of national highway, donkeys ferry people

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