Happy Friendship Day ...

Belated Happy Friendship Day readers.

A good reminder indeed to reach out to our friends with whom we might have lost touch on regular basis. But somehow I always reflect, how busy we all have become in our lives that we need a reminder of importance of our lifeline, our friends. And again as the day passes, we get busy in the daily humdrum of our lives.

I, for one was more of a shy, introvert and behind the scene kind of person in my school life. School, where we often lay the foundation of lifetime friendships. I had three main friends whom I considered my best friends, though they had other close friends too. I have always believed that there can be more than one best friend, so I never minded and kept my sense of possessiveness to myself. Today I can proudly say that my best friends since then have become my best friends forever. Yes, they are integral part of my life even thirty years later. And on the path of life, over the years my other school friends have joined my inner circle .I have discovered to my delight that I wasn't as invisible as I presumed. They remembered me much more than I could expect and they cared for me. So don't assume, reach out to your friends if ay misunderstandings and doubts.

One important lesson taught to me by my friend ABC (I will not name her) was that everyone comes in your life for a reason. Our friendship blossomed when I  had lost my sister and she morally supported me. Recently she has been too busy for months and when I needed her guidance for few things ,She couldn't have let her go because bitterness was affecting me. So every friendship may not last forever another lesson I have learnt. It is a lesson not easy to learn but if you learn, if nothing else you will have peace for sure.

Be a Little More Cautious Before You Present the Product in Public Domain Especially via Advertisements

I have always been an avid movie watcher. It runs in genes. My grand mother always accompanied us to movie shows. We are basically a family of visual learners, I guess. So, not only the movies, but T.V shows and even the advertisements draw our attention. I am, a writer, poet and educator. Being a teacher, it gets into my habit that I notice mistakes first. Yes, even in letters I receive from my loved ones. Recently I have got into habit of analyzing advertisements, commercials and news content too.

Though any mistakes leave a bad taste in my mouth but especially when I find mistakes in content presented in public purview, I feel what were the editors doing when checking the content before final release. I will not name the products but just mention few examples and references. An advertisement for a famous toothpaste talks of two to three problems but when they mention the relief they received, it is in terms of just one problem. As a consumer it leaves me wondering why were the other problems mentioned if they can't be solved with the use of advertised product ! remember incomplete information is not useful and dangerous. It is not just carelessness, it reflects on thoughtlessness too. As a consumer I would be rather wary of this product..

Similarly I have noticed that one advertisement tells railway passengers to throw caution to the wind. We all know about 'zehar khurani'(the gang which robs people by giving poison i guise of sharing food, tea, coffee etc. So even railways issue warning regularly to beware of such gangs. This tea advertisement says that the aroma of tea can help you identify good people so one must try this tea even if it is offered by a stranger with possible potential risk..

I will keep adding here as I notice more and more anomalies as I noticed one more recently.

Do share your feedback readers..:-)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Time to be back ...

     After a long gap, here I am. What has happened all this while and what kept me so occupied !Well ,I became a mother, not for the first time though. I delivered my son in 2006.Then in 2017 I became a mother to two pretty princesses. But they were not twins. I got my second baby in June and third in December. I can see the bewildered looks on your faces and questions sprinting in your mind. Well to end the suspense, the year 2017 was special to me as I got my first two puppies .Both Desi/Indies .One adopted from an adoption camp and the second one picked up from the road by my eleven year old son.

I won't say that I was ready to be a doggo Mumma, it took me a few weeks to become one. It was done very reluctantly just to fulfill my son's wish to have a sibling  and a companion. I  could not deliver a human baby so he gave the solution of adopting a dog. To be honest it was just the beginning of a journey, just the tip of the iceberg. Typsy and Tusky became my daughters, I never had. Having pets and becoming devoted pet parent are different things. People buy breed pets, keep them tied and do not allow them into beds and living rooms  are usual dog owners. Having dog indoors ,in living room, bed room, anywhere  where I am is being pet parent. Do you keep your children isolated and chained?

Well, I know my beliefs can be argued upon. There is no Rule-Book. But even my thoughts have evolved. In the beginning I also kept my dogs tied but as the time progressed I learnt to keep them on loose.Now crates were there but not for full time.

In 2019, we rescued a malnourished puppy from the road, all his siblings had been killed and the mother had left this pup. Originally I had never thought I would adopt him, but the puppy literally adopted us. He was so small and weak that it was impossible to leave him on the streets again. Thus, Bahubali became part of our family. He is the most possessive one, especially for me.

In October 2020, a NGO worker informed me about an abandoned Pom-mix female, who was almost in trauma. I had planned to foster her but after picking her up we realized she was pregnant. The vet told me that within a fortnight, she will deliver the babies, but her trauma led to a pre-mature delivery. She delivered seven babies. I was as overjoyed as I would be on being a real grandma. 

Now, began a series of losses and heartbreaks. First loss or death was of my sister's dog Sheero. Before I could recover from this loss, we lost another rescued pup 'Khushi' followed by forty five days old Tuffy and his sister and the first born of Mini, Joey, the doe eyed pup.. We gave them a heartfelt burial and continued our family's journey. One thing that I have realized and accepted is that one never recovers from death of a pet, especially a pet who is a family. Everyday or rather every moment that I spend with my fur-babies, I relive my pain of losing my babies as well as a haunting realization that most of them would be gone before I leave the world. 

All this realization hasn't curbed or reduced  my love for my babies.We again rescued a paralyzed Sheru from the drains but he was having Canine distemper and soon passed away. We have added a blind and rescued Toughie, who is actually the oldest and the baby Piku who has one paralyzed hind-leg. I, rather we have learned to love more and more. My son is very happy with his siblings and loves them more than anyone can and I take pride in being a doggo-mumma and a doggo grandma. Before I end, how can I forget my three stray babies who are under the threat of being killed at the hands of my neighbour. So most of the time they are with us. People say, the more, the merrier but I say, the more, more beautiful and loving it is. Bow bow,just wow.