STARVING STEEDS
THE WEEK|May 31, 2020
With the nationwide lockdown and no customers, saddle horses survive on the kindness of a few
SALIL BERA
STARVING STEEDS

A VISIT TO the City of Joy feels incomplete without a ride around the Victoria Memorial in a horsedrawn carriage. The lockdown, however, has left the area deserted, in turn affecting the carriage business and leaving the horses underfed. The animals now loiter around in nearby Kidderpore, tired and looking for food.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.

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