The phenomenon is a side effect of India’s rapid urbanization. As Delhi expands, with half a million new residents moving in every year, the green areas in and around the capital, which for centuries have been the monkeys’ habitat, grow smaller. Their territory encroached on, many monkeys uproot to settle in the city center. nyt
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having just finished a (very long) book about city life in post-partition india, i got a glimpse of how impt the monkeys might be in the life of the city and its people. in the lives of those in the book the monkeys are both loved and hated, but their presence is definitely an integral part of the urban landscape. their loss would probably have more impact on the souls of these cities than we can understand in the west.
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