Stray Dogs: Understanding, Compassion, and Friendship For much of my life, I was neither a dog lover nor someone with a strong aversion to stray dogs. Our relationship was built on a cautious distance—a mutual “you do you” understanding. So much so that sometimes when the number of strays in the vicinity increased I have even raised a request with GHMC to take corrective measures. However, everything changed a few months ago when we adopted a rescued puppy. That experience opened my eyes to the world of stray dogs and led to a fundamental shift in my perspective. Taking a […]
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In the middle of a sprawling meadow stood a strong old Silver Maple. The tree had been there forever between the crossroads of nowhere and everywhere. It saw everything that went by knew everyone that went past.
After almost a month of making checklists and then ensuring that the elements were all checked it was now the day to finally push off. I had promised the little one that I would not smoke even one cigarette during this vacation. I smoke two a day which is really just about one a day now, given that I’ve switched to ultra-mild slim ones with a view to completely give up at some point. The dilemma on the previous evening, and this did not figure on any of those aforementioned lists, was “what if I really feel like smoking?”… So […]
There once lived a pack of wolves in the jungle. They were led by a ferocious leader who was as wise as he was strong. He led the pack on numerous difficult hunting expeditions on a daily basis and pulled off feats that were considered impossible. Rounding up deers and buffaloes and goats and sheep and all sorts of game animals that the pack devoured hungrily because hunting with the pack leader was no walk in the park. Slowly as time went by the pack grew in size as every wolf in the jungle wanted to be a part of […]
He had always been a rebel. And today he was off on his journey. The whole family had turned up to see him go, to wish him well. The young duck, Jammy, had decided to shift to the other side of the marsh to be able to build a better life, he did not believe in tradition where all ducks stayed together in a flock.He wanted to break out, disrupt and discover new meaning. Mama duck had packed him a bag full of goodies and had been crying non stop past two days. Papa duck was proud. He had been […]