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Lessons from

Africa

What do wildebeest, zebras, gazelles and the lockdown have in common?
Text & Pictures by Urvi Piramal

Wildebeest, zebras and gazelles wander in a nor the elusive leopard; not even to the fierce
loop through the plains of the Serengeti and and sometimes fearsome elephants, rhinos
the Masai Mara, following the seasonal rains and wild buffaloes
in search of green pastures even though
that involves passing through dangerous
territory.
Like them and unlike them, in times of this
lockdown, when the body cannot move out,
my mind wanders.
I find mine going, more often than
not, to Africa: not to the majestic lion,

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