11/08/2025
I've rambled and rambled. Researched for articles and studies. Dug through stories from my own experiences.
I hoped that some of this hopelessness will go away by doing this. But it hasn't.
Street dogs were never in my radar for a long time. They just were.. a part of the space we occupied together. They existed just like I did.
But then, as I started playing attention to them, the more I fell in love with them.
Today, they are my motivation. They are my teachers. They are the ones I feel the closest to. .narendar and I also have a weird ritual of "talking" to them. They whine and bark and we whine and bark back.
Rocky was the one who laid that foundation. Then came Dobby, Black, Sandy, Biscuit, Chocolate, Whiney, Jumpy. Then came Yogi, Munna and Circuit.
And then. The ones who came when we needed them the most, didn't leave and taught us so much along the way. They have changed me in ways I never thought was possible. Laddoo, Lady and Bala!
And then came Bagheera and Mirchi.
And now so many more.
And these are the ones we want to fight against. Because there are no other issues left in the world to address! No one else more "threatening" to human life than them! No one more "menacing" than them.
Yet.. crores of humans continue to live alongside them every day. And have been living alongside them for centuries.
May we find a way to reverse the destruction caused by this day. May we find a way to coexist once again.
I've always been proud of how we have always protected our street dogs. But today has been a massive letdown.
