THE DEAD BUFFALO, ALWAYS, GAVE MORE MILK
Pic.: Sherry Haridas “My mother always told me not to handle a buffalo by its tail, but always catch it by its horns... And I have used that lesson in everything in my life, including the Railways.” Lalu Prasad Yadav W ith your mother’s advice, Laluji, you really did a good job as our Railway minister. And, you know what, sir: my mother, while raising her five sons in our village, would, always, tell: “Sons, remember the old saying: “ The dead buffalo, always, gave more milk.” Sir, you want to know why she told us this? Because, when the buffalo was alive, we would only complain how useless the she-buffalo was... Her milk was not only less, it was bad, too! So, whenever a buffalo died in our village, and we saw her master beating his chest screaming his lungs out: “What a great buffalo she was... How good the milk was... How much she gave,” yes, when we saw that sight, our mother would point to the heart-broken master and te...