Sunday, January 4, 2009

Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary - You are unwelcome

This is a notice erected outside Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary in Haryana. This was my first trip to a bird sanctuary, so m not too sure if all of them carry similar threatening notices. What i am sure of is that i have never seen anything like that before. You may not be able to view it properly in the pic, so heres the transliteration -

YOU A HUMAN BEING ARE MUST UNWELCOME (WHERE THE BIRDS ARE CONCERNED THAT IS) THEY DONT LIKE HUMAN BUT THEY CANNOT TELL YOU TO LEAVE, WE KNOW THAT THE WORD "PARK" CONJOURS UP VISION OF GREEN GRASS, SHADY TREES AND SOMEWHERE COOL TO EAT. YOUR PICNIC AND ALLOW CHILDREN TO RUN AROUN PLAYING GAMES, SOMEWHERE TO PLAY YOU TRANSISTOR FED WITH A CASSETTE OF THE LATEST POP MUSIC. BIRDS DONT LIKE POP MUSIC (THEY DONT LIKE RAVI SHANKER OR BEETHOVEN EITHER), SO AS THIS IS A BIRDS PARADISE PLEASE HELP US MAINTAIN IT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT WILL BRING THEM BACK TO US YEAR AFTER YEAR TO ENJOY THE SAFETY AND PRIVACY WHICH, WITH HELP AND COOPERATION, WE WILL CREAT FOR THEM.

NO FOOD OR PICNIC
NO MUSIC
NO GAMES
NO ALCOHOL
NO NOISE

IF YOU DO NOT RESPECT THE WISHES OF THE BIRDS YOU WILL BE TOLD TO LEAVE NOT BY BIRDS BUT BY HUMANS.

BY ORDER:
CHIEF WILD LIFE WARDEN, HARYANA