make shift world

A few days back I was waiting for the lights to go green at an signal and then I saw an old man with a hug bag on his head and bow legs crossing the street with lots of difficulty. I wanted to give the man a lift to his destination but was scared what if the destination was not safe for me. My inward battle continued but the lights turned green and unfortunately I had to drive ahead but I went back to him and gave him money for his destination ride. He looked at me trying to figure out whether I had a catch to it. The simplest thing to do was just move on. So I dont know whether he took the ride in the rickshaw or not but my conscience weighed a little less even though what I did was a peace meal approach.

Great people are selfless and make this world a better place and for the lesser people like me, we create our little make shift world which we try to better. 

the truth about cats & dogs 2

I am not a cat lover like any other cliche dog loyalist and I never give cats a thought even when I see a real cute one. Having said that I do not encourage Dexter to growl or frighten them away either. That's against my "live and let live" principle and always want to inculcate good habits in dexter which I mostly fail in. But off late dexter too has stopped bothering with cats and am kinda proud about it as I like to believe because he has been reprimanded by me often ;)

But off late a cat has been coming to our house past a month and once she even hit dexter with her paw and poor dexter sat like a big dodo get whacked by her who happens to be 1/20th his size! Not only that this cat would also growl (yes not meow like a cat but growl like a tiger) at my ma for milk. It was really funny as ma too would growl back to annoy her and she would growl with added lung power till my ma would admit defeat. At home we have been teasing dexter a lot about how a cat hit him and of course we never thought he would take things to heart.

Whether it was our constant teasing or the annoyance of sharing our affection with a third person (second being fluffy our part time  street dog  pet) but day before when the cat came home and started her usual banter for food Dexter scared the living hell out of her by barking at her till she ran off. What was funny was initially she did not budge till dexter started hopping mad at her.

Ha Ha. Dogs and Cats ... the story continues.. 

gone From the dogs

Had to take dexter for his vaccinations. I love going to the vet only for yearly vaccinations  as that time I am not tensed about his well being and can enjoy the company of so many canines and let dexter also play with the fits ones.

I and Dexter both were having a good time with a pug and cocker spaniel when a huge Rottweiler came in without a leash. I had never seen one up and so close and was not regretting the same then. As you know Dexter is not so brave to put it very mildly :) he dug inside me for protection and I too was seeking protection from the side wall as the Rottweiler's growls were bursting my ear drums. Not being judgmental but keeping us a ferocious dog at home like we have in bombay is kind of not at all normal to say the least.

There is another thing about vet waiting zone, you meet a lot of like minded people who alone can empathize about your crazy affection for animals and treating them as equals or more loved than humans. Its where you share eating habits, discuss dog food (sigh .. Bombay does not have great variety of doggie treat ) and share funny incidents about your pets. So during one such stories, an uncle told us that dogs too have a very strong code of conduct and do not attack their bitches (no pun intended here ) and I was like yes that we cant say about humans, no wonder dogs are better.

The owner of the rottweiler interjected us and said women need to be shown their place some times and there is no better way than hitting them and then he started off with his story of why he hit his wife twice!

I wanted to argue but the rottweiler without a leash instantly helped good sense to prevail and I let go of the topic and felt a bit a coward for not standing for my fellow women clan.

But on my drive home I realized just putting in my point of view to him would not have changed him so no point sulking about it.  What is unsettling is these are not people who are living in slums with no education or are deprived or mentally challenged but people who had the fortune of good education, upbringing and exposure. I say people because there are women too who believe husbands should hit their wives to teach them who wears the pants in the house.

But I guess change of human behavior is rarely instant which is both a boon and a curse but today women and men both are much more assertive and hopefully people with such barbaric thinking will meet their matches who will make them eat their words with humility.

Until then online lashing continues at them :)