Poland has always made history! A nation at virtually the cross roads of Europe.
The Huns, passed through with devastating effect as did the Mongols and Ottoman Turks. Poland disappeared from maps for a few years and Hitler followed by the Russians dealt with the Poles with particular ruthlessness.
Poland survived & lived to tell its tale, from the Huns to Hitler, and it is a country which is close to my heart, as it has suffered the ravages of time, just as we in India have, and more so as both the Poles and we have been victims and survivors.
Gdansk, is a wonderful modern port and place of origin of Lech Walsea, a Union Leader, at Gdansk Shipyard, who lead a freedom movement against the Communists. He later went on to become president of Poland!
Poland once again caught my eye the other day, and it has once again, made history of a different sort, this time due to Ninio.
Now, Ninio, happens to be a rather robust ten year old male elephant bought by a Polish Zoo for a large amount of money, with the hope that he would help create a herd in Poland.
However Ninio, prefers elephants of his same sex and refuses to mix with the female sex, leaving zoo authorities red in the face for having squandered large sums of money in importing a gay elephant!
Apparently the issue is being discussed by the Polish politician as well but to end the story, all is not lost and there is a vestige of hope left, as elephants are said to reach their sexual maturity only by age fourteen.
Well, we will have to wait and watch!
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