Michael Jackson and India (fwd)

[Madhav Deshpande]

Have fun!
	Madhav Deshpande

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Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 12:14:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nicole Moss <nmoss at umich.edu>
To: Madhav Deshpande <mmdesh at umich.edu>
Subject: Michael Jackson and India

Madhav,

I thought you might find some humor in this.

-Nicole

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Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 8:14:02 -0500
From: rosen_d at supplytech.com
To: nmoss at umich.edu
Subject: news about mikey

*File Description: Michael Jackson Scares Wild Pigs*


Michael Jackson's songs scare away wild pigs in India
 
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
  New Delhi, April 3, 1995
    "Beat it!" boomed Michael Jackson's voice from the stereo
and the
wild boars took it literally.
    Maurauding wild boars and monkeys are not regaled by
the rock
icon, darling of millions all over the world. Instead, his voice
scares them, as a relieved Indian farmer discovered recently.
    Anant Patwardhan, a farmer in the southern Indian state of
Karnataka used to beat the drum to keep the wild foragers
away from
his crop.  But he really hit the jackpot when he accidentally
played
the casette containing the number by the Peter Pan of pop.
    Wild boars and monkeys looking for a good meal in the
fields
immediately took to their heels to Patwardhan's surprise, PTI
reported
Monday.
    Now the farmer is a regular Michael Jackson fan, though
for a
different reason.