mero soch» Bombay http://www.merosoch.com Can I : I CAN Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:27:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My dog continues to teach mehttp://www.merosoch.com/2008/12/24/my-dog-continues-to-teach-me/ http://www.merosoch.com/2008/12/24/my-dog-continues-to-teach-me/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:31:48 +0000 Vaibhav Dugar http://www.merosoch.com/?p=154 Tweego’s been behaving strangely these days. Those 60 hours of crisis and uninterrupted TV has affected him. He’s become overtly cautious and anxious and regularly ‘sniffs’ around the house to check for any ‘security lapse’. Even guests aren’t spared.

A certain gloom and paranoia has shadowed him. Our regular walks are not the same anymore. His senses are highly attentive when in the open. He fears that a BMC (Bombay Municipality Corporation) official will either sterilize him or kill him; mistaking him to be a stray.

This sorry situation seems to bring the best in him. When I throw the ball on the wall, expecting him to run behind it and grab it in his mouth, he waits for it to rebound and then grab it, completely surprising me. He’s scared that the ball might take him out of my sight and in the zone of danger.

Whenever I watch TV in my room, he comes in kicking a football; pauses, gives me a sad-sorry look and continues to play with the ball. I stare. I stare at him. Who is more intelligent? Isn’t Man the most intelligent of all living creatures?
Tweego never questions. I think he believes questioning is for journalists. No wonder he dislikes TV and the newspapers.
What good are questions anyway. It hasn’t and doesn’t solve the purpose.

Tweego has quickly adapted to his situation and moved on. I no longer feel sorry for him, I feel sorry for myself.

Wishing you a very Happy Christmas.

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The way these Police guys came into the cell and used their hands on us was shocking and surprising. For such a small offence, there was no need to raise hands.

Apart from learning that Power is misused, especially on the common man (ironically it’s the common man that has given them the Power) there is another, more important, aspect that I learnt today. i.e,

As a youth we take a lot of risks but we don’t have much money; but
when we are old, we have the money but we don’t take the risks.

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