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Karen Maben

The Day Traffic Stopped for a Mama Deer at IIT Madras

Let’s be honest for a second. If something stops in the middle of an Indian road, what usually happens? Honking. A lot of honking. Someone tries to overtake from the side, someone shouts, someone gets irritated, someone blames the government, someone blames the driver, and within two minutes everyone is angry.

Now imagine this. A deer walks into the middle of the road. Not crossing the road. Not running. Just standing there. And then her baby starts drinking milk. Right there. In the middle of the road. And all the vehicles just stop. Bikes, cars, people walking. Nobody honks. Nobody tries to chase them away. Nobody says “move, move, we are getting late.” Everyone just waits. Quietly.

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