Comments on: Listen to the Jogis: Snake Charmers Speak for Snakes

By: Eidee Man

Eidee Man — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:55:43 +0000

Wikipedia is an excellent source of information about science, mathematics, and other information. It is a HORRIBLE source of information if you want to learn about things such as wars and their causes, and pretty much anything where people have opposing views.

For instance, articles about Allama Iqbal, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, and others are constantly hijacked by Indian users who post all sorts of wrong information…so far my attempts to correct them have been futile…just wanted to let other Pakistanis on this blog know about this.

By: Samdani

Samdani — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:14:28 +0000

I have always wondered whether these animal tamashas like the bandar ka tamasha is cruelty to animals and should be stopped?

By: Daktar

Daktar — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:43:43 +0000

Didi not realize there was trade in these species. But as you say, its illegal. So should be checked if it is endangering the species.

While teh cultural significance of the snake charmers is there, I do think that some of their practices, like teh snake soup, are harmful to the snakes and I am not sure about how effective their medical remedies are either.