Chimpanzee

Sudershan is worth a read for its uniqueness

The Indian Graphic Novel has come a long way - from only Sarnath Banerjee ruling the roost at one point, the genre is slowly being added on to by other cartoonists/creators. It is surprising to note how the category is growing day by day and writer by writer. The graphic novel that I just finished reading yesterday was, "Sudershan (Chimpanzee), written by Rajesh Devraj and illustrated by Meren Imchen.

"Sudershan (Chimpanzee)" is as the title suggests, about a chimpanzee. So what makes it any different? What makes it different is that the story is set around B-grade Bollywood film industry, in times when animals were at the center of the story. I definitely remember such movies being released in the 80s, where there was the famous Moti (the dog) or an elephant that would kill the villain or the snake that would feature in every serpent film. That is exactly how the way it was.

The book cleverly tells the tale of a chimpanzee who was once a superstar in the industry and his journey from becoming a superstar to his downfall and what redeems him at the end of it all. I did not find the book extraordinary; however I did laugh in most places and also empathized with Sudershan's situations - right from becoming popular to becoming nobody. At a point, I also thought that maybe the "chimpanzee" is just a metaphor for human beings caught in their lives; however I don't think it

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by Press Trust of India

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by Associated Press

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11:56 AM, Aug 12, 2011

Human brains 'get smaller with age'

by Press Trust Of India

London: A new study has found that human brains get smaller with age - but, it's the price people pay for a longer life than their closest relative, the chimpanzee. Researchers at George Washington University found that only humans have brains which progressively shrink with increasing age, and it's uniquely human as the phenomenon don't occur in chimpanzees. Loss of neurons over time may be the result of an evolutionary...

06:49 PM, Jul 26, 2011

Chimps 'mourn their dead infants'

by Press Trust Of India

London: Scientists claim to have for the first time revealed how primates react to death of close individuals, after they found that female chimpanzees mourn their dead infants. It is known that chimpanzee mothers establish close physical relationships with their young, carrying them for up to two years and nursing them until they are six. Now, an international team led by Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Germany has filmed...

06:55 PM, Jan 31, 2011