Bingo

No, it was not always like this! I think we began as a fairly ‘normal’ family.  For a good number of years we were a family with just two dogs. That’s quite sane isn’t it? Bozo was a handsome specimen of a dog and though Bingo was the first rescued animal of our family, he […]

Roll out the carpet

Neighbours! I would love to say, piously, that I love my neighbours but I would be lying. The fact is any sign of a family moving into one of the several unoccupied houses in the complex gives me sleepless nights. I am always apprehensive about their reactions to the animals, not just our own but […]

The Fraud

In our house, what goes out, stays out. The fence put up to keep the animals in, is worthy of any self respecting prison. Those who manage to escape usually find it difficult to make their way back and have to be caught and brought in. Being fairly honest, I have to admit that we […]

It’s snowing

There is something so totally charming about snow fall…even if one has not been lucky enough to see it in reality! Somehow it has always eluded me. Two days after we left Darjeeling, I believe it happened (got to see the picture of snow clad Darjeeling in the newspaper) . I was told that we […]

INCH BY INCH

Who has not heard of the saying, ‘Man proposes, and God disposes’? Well, there are variations to the theme! It could be… ‘Gangulys propose, cats dispose’ or perhaps…  Man possesses and dogs dispossesses. They, the sweet innocent creatures, could very well be agents of God?! I could give you a lot of examples of the […]

Bite me!

The brain is a funny thing. Well, at least mine is, and it does not belong to the ‘ha ha’ variety (which too many will vouch for). While I don’t always recollect what happened five minutes back, I have a childhood memory of being bitten by Bozo, one of our very first dogs. To be […]

The Short Story

At times a story ends before its quite begun. This is one of them. I will keep it brief as none of us have quite recovered from it . Remembering is painful. This little kitten had been abandoned by its mother for some inexplicable reason. Since there was nobody to take care of him we […]