Tweego and I have been going for early morning walks these days. It’s not that there is a park nearby, but because Tweego enjoys relieving himself on the roads and streets of Mumbai.

There is something in that look of his when he relieves himself. It’s a question he’s asking me. And each day he ventures into a new area.
On certain days it’s at the municipal plantations on roads, other days it’s on a heap of litter, sometimes the “nalla” (drain). It was today that I deciphered this dog language.

He chose the side of a wall, splattered with spit. Spit of paan (beetle leaf) and paan masala (chewable tobacco).
But today was different. Instead of one question, he had two!
I read the first,
“What’s taking you so long?”
But the second shook me off my feet.
“I am a dog, what’s your excuse?”

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