Winter Prayer

Winter chill has set in rather abruptly. You are forced to wear that fleece even within the confines of your room. The cold should have made you numb to the events happening around you. It has failed in that objective. The realist in you has deserted you. You open the door and the cold gets to you past that jacket from the past employer(A beautiful place that was – you tell yourself). You look along the corridor, the dog is huddled by the door and along the stone walls. It seems considerably weakened against the cold. Sans any strength it opens its eyelid and tries to look at you. The cold has been a harsh guest. You look around for a rug or a jute sack, and don’t find any. You think of the dog at Mr Ram Guha’s place – jumping and pouncing at you – so full of energy and mirth. You tell yourself that it wouldn’t have to brave any of this. Inequities aren’t a norm in the human world alone – it pervades the animal kingdom, you try to seek the larger picture.

The dog is still huddled against the wall. Little does it know that there was a resolution by the powers that be – there would be a dog squad coming in the next couple of days. Little aware of all this the dog fights its own battle against the cold. Why is it that we need to show our might against an opposition who cant fight back at us. Why do those in power take such decisions to show their might – Arent there more relevant decisions waiting? Maybe we are not to ask such questions. Its not expected of us in a democracy – large or small.

Wish you a Very Happy Diwali…may the festival of lights, lighten up your lives, and by a miracle let the dog squad miss this poor one huddled by the stone wall.