For a simple reason why animals deserve more respect, for what they’re worth!

Humans and animals are so different from each other in ALL aspects!! Every little thing that you do, a human may eventually forget, but an animal ALWAYS remembers! Humans are namesake christened “HUMAN” – they most often lack the essential HUMANITY, GRATITUDE AND GREATFULNESS as their name suggests that they ought to have, especially when they are in debited to someone for something! I, myself, dawned upon this enlightenment recently!

During my final year at school, I used to walk back home. Still being a painful and troublesome teenager, I inevitably never ate my lunch fully and had to hear the same lecture at home, day after day! So… I hit upon this extremely “clever” idea! (I like to call it ‘clever’ because until now, the secret of “how my lunchbox always came back home empty” was never out!) I used to feed this doggy with a nice, long bushy tail my leftovers from lunch –  which were plenty! U used to feed it so frequently that he used to wait for me everyday at his spot at 3.45 pm, his tail wagging and with a grin on his furry face!

12^th standard whizzed by and my “hungry friend” soon grew a little plump over the year. On the last day of school, as I was feeding him, I felt a small pang of sadness. I spoke to the dg and I told him that today may be the last time I would be feeding him. He abruptly stopped eating and looked up at me with his hazel brown, intelligent and soothing eyes. It was as though he had understood what I said and was coming to terms with it! I patted him and walked back home with a comparatively heavier heart.

Two years hence (present day scenario) I happened to walk down that familiar road once again. It was a hot, sultry day and I was perspiring a lot! To my surprise I happened to see my “hungry friend” lying down comfortably on a heap of sand – fast asleep. He looked old but a little plumper. I was happy that at least he was getting something to eat. As I was walking by him… I stopped, crouched down, looked at his furry, familiar face and said : “hi doggie!” The response I got in return was over whelming! Those intelligent eyes opened, he got up in a trice, wagged his tail furiously and bowed! TEARS CAME TO MY EYES!

To think that for an animal whom you feed your left-over food has so much memory, gratitude and gratefulness for that ONE act of kindness which you may have performed even unintentionally, is OVERWHELMING! This just shows how we humans are so materialistic, sans any gratitude or gratefulness and how, until today, we still have SO MUCH to learn from those beings who we mindlessly consider inferior to us! It is honestly… SUCH DIRE SHAME!

Thank you facebook for reconnecting me with My very First Friend!

I remember the first day I set foot into school! Wailing and bawling, at the very thought of being away from my mother for ONE WHOLE DAY, I reluctantly stepped into the class. I was warmly welcomed by my class teacher who allotted me a seat and got back to her work. Sniffing and wiping away my tears.. I turned towards my left only to find myself staring into a pair of hazel-colored eyes. They belonged to a fair,equally-chubby and (initially) shy girl named Bhoomika Ghosh.

We started off saying a coy “hie” to each other.. and would you believe it, by the end of the day we were busy comparing and contesting on “who’s braids were the longest!” :-P

Over the years(from 2^nd to 4^th  std) we were shuffled, re-shuffled and put in different sections. But we still managed to keep in touch through the phone, talking after classes and eating lunch together!

As u would have probably guessed, We were the naughtiest of the lot! Teachers used to ask us whether we were sisters, because we bonded like them! We used to deny that we were related in any way but telepathically used to agree on the ‘bonding’ part! J

One day, Bhoomika and I had a really big fight over some trivial reason. Mind you! It was a really really REALLY big fight and that was the last time we spoke to each other! We stopped talking to each other and either used to walk out of the class if the other was present. (Talk about ego! :P)

Though I wanted to reconnect with her in school.. I never got the chance to (maybe it was still the ego :P). Two years down the line, Bhoomika left school and went away to Bombay without even a slight warning(darn that fight!). Years and years later.. in the month of January in the year 2010, I found her on Facebook and re-connected with her! The feeling you get after meeting an old friend after ages is.. PRICELESS! Re-kindling that relation lost out on is now possible thanks to technology and something which I consider godsent – Facebook! The amount of long-lost friends that I’ve re-connected with are far too many to list!

So.. more than for bhoomika, this is for Facebook!! :D :D

Honestly, what would I ever do without you?!  :’) :*