This week’s Giant winner of the Choose Your Favorite Giant Lens Contest is Kartick Satyanarayan – Champion of India’s Dancing Bears by Giant lensmaster Frankster and before I begin telling you about it, let me just say – WOW!
The lens was made for the Superhero Charity group and donates to Wildlife SOS , a charity that Frankster introduced to Squidoo that works to save these beautiful creatures from the tortures they are forced to endure. It’s about a man named Kartick Satyanarayan who has dedicated his life to animal rescue and saving the dancing bears of India. The lens is gorgeously designed and the topic is extraordinary. I can see why you picked it as a favorite!
You’ll want to read Saving the Dancing Bears of India (This one was this week’s runner up in the contest that’s why I’m featuring them together. ) to get the entire picture of just what the plight of the dancing bears is all about. (Caution: It will upset you. This is a tragedy beyond belief.)
The thing that really blew me away upon reading these two unbelievable lenses is contained in the following statement taken directly from one of the lenses:
We’re going to India! That’s right, this summer, Karen and I are going to visit with Geeta and Kartick and the rescued Dancing Bears ~~ we are on a mission to get the last Dancing Bears off the streets ~~ and we will be back with so much more info. We can bear-ly contain our excitement!
We’re going to India! That’s right, this summer, Karen and I are going to visit with Geeta and Kartick and the rescued Dancing Bears ~~ we are on a mission to get the last Dancing Bears off the streets ~~ and we will be back with so much more info. We can bear-ly contain our excitement!”
I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to see the lenses these two awesome and inspiring lensmasters make when they return!
Thank you all for the votes and RMS for the wonderful write-up. I almost never cry. Having said that, I cried when I learned about these bears and throughout my research; I cried when a benefactor offered me a trip to India to help Wildlife SOS; I cried when I wrote the quoted section above in the lens. Again, I almost never cry! Then I read this and I held it together when I read the excerpt about the trip, but when you repeated it in black and white below, I lost it again. It’s finally sinking in and I’m so overwhelmed by emotion. OMG what’s going to happen when I meet Kartick and Geeta and the rescue bears face-to-face?!
I’ll get back to you on that. I’m starting my trip blog this weekend and will continue on the trip with photos and stories. Thank you again. Bear hugs, Frankster