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The Girl with a Jumbo Passion: Prajna Chowta
No matter how well trained you are, an elephant ride is always a matter of holding on to dear life. As the sturdy giant ambles along, one senses how frail and meaningless our existence can be. If not for the difficult choices we make, dull monotony can quickly set in. That is the lesson one takes away from Prajna Chowta, one of the very few women mahouts in the world. I had the fortune of interviewing this elephant girl a couple of years ago. I chanced upon the article I had written for Atelier Diva magazine and thought of sharing her inspiring story with the readers of Blue Sky Dreamers. Meet…