Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India s past
The author of ‘The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback’ on the animal’s influence over mythology and the medieval economy. Detail of Battle of Haldighati , painted in 1822, showing Rana Pratap on his horse Chetak | Wikimedia Commons
Yashaswini Chandra has a PhD in the history of art from SOAS, where she was also a teaching fellow, and formerly worked with Sahapedia, an open online resource on the arts, cultures and histories of India. In her first book,
The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback, Chandra reminds us of how central horses were to polities, economies and ruling classes, both ancient and medieval, before the mechanisation of the modern world changed everything.
People out skiing and snowmobiling in Darby Canyon on Saturday were greeted with an unusual sight: a team of draft horses pulling a Ford F150 off of the groomed trail.
Matt Sullivan, the manager at WreckerBoyz Towing in Driggs, got the call around 1 a.m. on Saturday morning. Some college kids from Rexburg had bypassed the large warning sign at the end of 3000S that prohibits wheeled vehicles up Darby in the winter, squeezed through the access gate, and made it around a mile up the groomed trail before getting high-sided and mired in deep snow.
âWhen people do stuff like that, we donât want to drive up there to tow them out,â Sullivan said. âThe snowcat groomers are all up there busting their butts to make a good trail, and the Forest Service closes the road for a reason. Fortunately WreckerBoyz is going through a rebirth and we now have a partnership with AJ Woolstenhulme.â
District 15 State Rep. Randy Randleman
An Oklahoma state representative filed bills for lawmakers to consider naming a state horse and regulating e-cigarettes, among his plans to file more.
District 15 State Representative Randy Randleman, R-Eufaula, spoke with the News-Capital about two bills he introduced, in addition to his plans for other bills he hopes will be approved during the upcoming Oklahoma legislative session.
Randleman said he authored House Bill 1054 because he wants e-cigarettes regulated and taxed.
âThere is no regulation of e-cigarettes,â Randleman said. âSo the state doesn t even know where all of these exist at. They re not charging tax on it. So we re losing money there.â
Hanging in the balance January 19 2021
The wild horses in the Big Summit Territory are awaiting the final decision by the Forest Service to possibly thin the herd to 12-57 horses
If you have ventured into the Big Summit area of the Ochoco Mountains, you have likely had the opportunity to see wild horses during your visit.
The increase of the herd in recent years has sparked a debate on the management strategies of the horses, and a subsequent herd management plan by the ONF. The proposal to lower the herd to a high of 57 horses and as few as 12 has brought concern and push back from citizens and groups such as the Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition.