Lot of things to write about and my memory lost traces of many!. So before I lose further, here goes one.
Last month, as usual when I was trying to board the local (BMTC) bus to my office, along with the hustle of fellow co-passengers, a street dog too was suddenly hustling to get inside the bus! I slowed down a bit, and was wondering what the dog would do, though the fellow co-passengers did not mind it, and were only focused on entering inside and trying to catch (yes 'catch', and not 'get') a seat.
Thankfully the street dog managed to enter into the bus, with some fellows stamping on it unknowingly. Then I too manged to get into the bus, and as I myself pushed inside, the dog was just lying. Half a kilometer would have gone by. The conductor emerged into the scene, where the dog was lying. He shouted "Whose dog it is", in local language, and since no answer came, he blew the whistle and stopped the bus, and forced the dog to get down.
Of course the street dog got down at that point. But there were lot of questions lingering on my mind.
Interesting questions, but no answers.
Last month, as usual when I was trying to board the local (BMTC) bus to my office, along with the hustle of fellow co-passengers, a street dog too was suddenly hustling to get inside the bus! I slowed down a bit, and was wondering what the dog would do, though the fellow co-passengers did not mind it, and were only focused on entering inside and trying to catch (yes 'catch', and not 'get') a seat.
Thankfully the street dog managed to enter into the bus, with some fellows stamping on it unknowingly. Then I too manged to get into the bus, and as I myself pushed inside, the dog was just lying. Half a kilometer would have gone by. The conductor emerged into the scene, where the dog was lying. He shouted "Whose dog it is", in local language, and since no answer came, he blew the whistle and stopped the bus, and forced the dog to get down.
Of course the street dog got down at that point. But there were lot of questions lingering on my mind.
- What was the intention of the dog ? (If the driver had not made it get down, where it would have got down, does it know the stops and places)
- Who the dog was searching for ? (Whether it's friend or love, - probably carried by some one in a car!)
- Did the dog do it, for the sake of fun, or did it do for some thing else?
- What made the dog to take such a 'risk' ? (It has to fight with 'wild' human beings to get into the bus, and in that process it could get hurt. It also has to face the risk of fighting with other street dogs in a new street - Street Dogs usually have their own well defined boundaries, and they will chase other dogs, if others enter their area - only slightly worse than human beings! )
Interesting questions, but no answers.
