CRIMINAL CROCODILE

Chandan: - Uff ho, “Shaili Chopra”, why have you come here to take my interview?

Shaili: - Wow!, how do you know me?

Chandan: - How can we ignore the anchor of the program “NDTV Animal Interview”, and as I am the “Criminal Crocodile”of Uttar Pradesh.

Shaili: - Wait a minute, why do you term yourself as a criminal?

Chandan: - See, in my childhood days, I was at the rivers of “Sundarban” delta, but there I never used to kill human beings. Yes, once I severely injured a Royal Bengal Tiger, when it came to drink water in the river. He he he, that was an awesome fight, I still remember that day.

Shaili: - But how did you came here in Uttar Pradesh?

Chandan: - The Alipore Zoo officials of Kolkata caught me and kept me there at the zoo.

Shaili: - Hmm, so, you were so naughty in the Sundarbans, that forest department transferred you to the animal jail, which is known as “Alipore Zoo”. Ha ha ha …

Chandan: - But, I was very happy in that zoo. No work, no tension, only eat and sleep, and I just enjoyed those little children shouting, “O maa, dekho dekho, ki baro kumir, babah… ota ki bechey achey na morey gachey”.

Shaili:- So, after that, “Surya Pratap”, the minister of Uttar Pradesh, kept you here in this talab (i.e. the pond). But, why you said that, you are a criminal?

Chandan: - Because, enemies of “Surya Pratap” is killed by me only. They will keep me hungry, the whole day, without providing me any food. Then, they will throw the person, in this talab, to be killed by me.

Shaili: - So, why did you kill them? You could have ignored them.

Chandan: - If I don’t eat that person, I will die, because “Surya Pratap’s” men will not provide me any other food. And as a second option, if I do not eat that person also, despite being hungry, then “Surya Pratap” will kill me with his rifle. Last week, only, he killed my friend “Luma”, another crocodile of this talab.

Shaili: - Oh! My God, Surya Pratap is such a dangerous person. He has really made you a “Criminal Crocodile”.

Chandan: - I have no other options. I have to do my duty for my master. Anyway, please don’t publish these things in the media; otherwise, “Surya Pratap” will be in trouble, and Uttar Pradesh CM will kill him, as the election is coming, and a small scandal can help the opposition party to come to power in the election of 2009.

Shaili: - Ok, babah, you please take care of yourself, let me get out of this territory. It is a very dangerous area. Nice to meet you “Chandan”, Good Bye.

Chandan: - Good Bye Shaili!, Take Care and Thanks for coming here and interviewing me. Thanks to NDTV also.

Shaili: - Thanks Chandan. You may be a criminal, but you also have a good heart too.

Chandan: - Maybe, I was a human being in my previous birth, that is why, I become emotional sometimes.

Shaili: - Maybe, that I don’t know. Well viewers, here we are ending our show. Bye bye.