The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

I've written about nutty New Delhi stories before, and this one is no exception.

Apparently, a man decided he'd rather live in a tree for 50 years than try to work things out with his wife.

The man, Gayadhar Parida, got into a tiff with his wife 50 years ago about something seemingly very trivial (although the story does state just what the conflict was), and he climbed up a tree.

Who knows why he chose a tree. I mean, aren't they allowed to divorce there or something? Or take an apartment separate from the wife?

Geesh.

Parida's strange abode is a makeshift shed on a tree, located about half a kilometre from his actual house. For many years Parida lived in a mango tree, but was forced to move to his new address after the tree collapsed in a storm.

And, the guy's son is 55, which means Parida went into the tree when his son was 5 years old. Imagine growing up with your daddy living in a tree.

I suspect that kid requires a lot of therapy: "my dad's a sloth".

And, what's with the wife?

I'd have left that bum decades ago. Actually, I'd use a few of those years to go out and throw rocks at him to see if I could knock the fool down, lol.