Donkeys like these in Old Delhi may soon be looking for a new home, if the local government gets its way. (Jason Overdorf/GlobalPost)
The asses of New Delhi
With a year to go before hosting the Commonwealth Games, Delhi targets the poor. Its donkeys, too.
NEW DELHI, India — At the impromptu stables near Jawarhalal Nehru Marg, on the outskirts of Old Delhi — the Indian capital's 400-year-old core — a group of men in salwar kameez and skullcaps are seated cross-legged in the straw playing cards. A line of stubby-legged ponies and donkeys stretches along the stone wall. The animals ruminate placidly as cars, trucks and...
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