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Missing him.....

About an year ago, I had introduced an acquaintance - someone I used to meet every evening. Over time, we had graduated from being nodding acquaintances to talking acquaintances. We had even begun to explain our absences for the evenings we missed seeing each other! Though our conversations revolved around plants/ gardening, I had learnt that he was a farmer from North Karnataka, had had differences with family members and had come here to spend the rest of his life - far from the madding crowd...... Earlier this month, I was away for a week. After I came back, I noticed that my friend was missing. I assumed that he was visiting his daughter (with whom he was on good terms).  It's been about 10 days since I returned, and still, no sign of him. Though in full bloom, his garden is looking a little weedy. I decided to make enquiries about him with the all-knowing watchman. 'You don't know, Maydam-avre (How I ABHOR that address!)? The other day, a group of Ma

Bunkey & co.

Desolate, hungry and lonely - those were my first thoughts when I saw this stray outside the gate last week.  Clearly, it was crying to be adopted and something about its appearance touched a chord in me. I decided to make friends...first step towards adoption, actually! Every time I tried to go near it, it would run away, and return very hesitatingly after some time! So, I placed some breakfast leftovers and some water near the gate - 'The way to a hungry dog's heart is via its stomach' principle!  Later that evening when I broke the news.....  Husband: THAT thing?! It doesn't even look like a dog!  Kid: You should call it 'Bunny'..it has such long ears!  I settled on 'Bunkey' after a character from Enid Blyton's 'Noddy' stories...and looked forward to seeing it in the morning.  Alas! Bunkey didn't return at all!  Of course, it wasn't the food!! Just that somebody else beat me at adopting it!  Yet again!  Twice