Abhishek Joshi founded Dog with Blog in 2009 and has grown it into a 100,000-strong community that has helped place 900+ dogs and cats in homes across India. He writes evidence-based pet-care guides, runs verified foster and adoption listings, and tells the stories that move people to adopt.
His writing for Dog with Blog appears in The Book of Dog, an anthology alongside Ruskin Bond, Gulzar, Maneka Gandhi and chef Vikas Khanna.
It is funny how sometimes, even though you are surrounded by swarms of people, you can feel completely and utterly alone. When I first moved back to New York City after living out of state for some time, I noticed that nobody on the street would look me in the eye. Everyone was rushing here and there, with a phone attached to their ear, or headphones playing their personal soundtrack into their ears.
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And there are moments where in the heart flutters through the otherwise prosaic backdrop called life. Sometimes looking deep into the eyes of a dog can steer you to a soul searching inner journey. My dog loving friend Jisha Joseph who I am sure has a secret identity as a super heroine (look out for the alliterative as in Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Matt Murdock and Clark Kent) shares this endearing incident.
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You realize that there are no safer avenues but the risky grounds underneath; there is no forever but now; there is no freedom but unchaining one’s own self; there is no home for wherever you wander, you take your thoughts along…thoughts which construe the world as you see it— colored like a fairy tale or the colossal crumbling ruins of an archaic world.
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We live in stranger times where things aren’t often what they seem to be. So we have propagandas for political pursuits, media magnifying the crooning stories and lovers promising panacea. Yet when time puts these pledges to test, most meet an inevitable end, like a sentence devoid of meaning…moths to the flame! Love has been reduced to affairs which have about them the permanence of ice cubes in the desert. And jobs are akin to prisons for that monthly salvation of salary. Amidst the thick of things, it’s always good to look closer, look inside to ensure that the child in you never collapses for the color of money, the asylum of ambition or the hiccups of hate.
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As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let you down probably will.
You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it’s harder every time. You’ll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt because every Sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back.
Don’t be afraid that your life will end,
Be afraid that it will never begin.
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Even after a fortnight, the aftershocks of Abbottabad haven’t yet subsided. It was quite a stir that the stealth mission stimulated around the globe. our good old friend ─ the dog who helped Navy Seals in the operation! Well, he is not quite in obscurity anymore. There are articles being written about him in The SUN and The New York Times. Here’s saluting our comrade for the gutsy galore!
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The life and times of the world’s most famous polar bear! Abandoned by his mother at Berlin Zoo in 2007, Knut was adopted in the hearts of the German people. The special relationship that he shared with his late keeper, Thomas Doerflein, who died in 2008 makes for an endearing tale. Thomas bottle-fed him while strumming Elvis Presley songs on his guitar.
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Draped in a suit of sombre black the Earth rattled with seismic vibrations and the land of rising sun— Japan, home to Hachiko braved & bereaved the aftermath of earthquake & Tsunami.
It wasn’t the island nation alone but the entire humanity that stood in horror of the irremediable cataclysm & the toll it took. Marred by melancholy, the mornings of mourning haven’t subsided Japan but the hope lives on.
Japan holds a very special place in animal loving hearts; the true tales of compassion from the land always make one crave to discover more. While efforts were being made by rescue workers to search for human survivors in the rubble of buildings
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A snapshot resonating warmth and mirth of such a jocund company that it leaves our hearts jocund and sublime!
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The legendary Dilbert strips had acquired cult status eons ago. Dogbert, Dilbert’s pet dog is arguably the shrewdest megalomaniac manager the corporate has ever seen — canine corporate consultant out to rule the world. Here’s presenting the wisdom lessons from the corporate dog, subscribing to which can you make you as successful as the Pointy Haired Boss!
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A homeless man sleeps in the arms of his dog on Queen St. W. in Toronto, on a freezing day in November, 2006. This photo was runner-up in the Feature category at Sun Media’s 2007 Dunlop Awards. VERONICA HENRI/TORONTO SUN.
A perfect panoptical photograph, this endearing epitome of friendship embraces life & love in its wake. This still frame effuses warmth.You can literally feel the quiver of the dog’s nostrils in the Canadian chill, the plight of the homeless man and the equanimity with which both have accepted their predicaments.
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A dog teaches you unconditional love, patience, forgiveness, passion, and to never lets your innocence and joy die… No matter how tough the days are… a woof and wag of tail will make it all go away! As he is sitting in front of me all dressed in red, resting his head on my knee and giving me that gaze that pierces right into my soul, there is a unknown wisdom… a mystery that comes and soothes you in presence of such creatures. Those who do not have a pet are missing something HUGE… MAJOR in life.
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Lessons in living from a dog.
Wag your tail at the well-disposed smiles for they may vivify a heart. Welcome the turn of seasons- the bleak visage of winter or the scorching shimmering sun of summer and every now and then, do steal an opportunity to wink at the new adventures that they bring with them. Grub & drink what you get yet desist from what your olfactory senses are dubious about.
You would discover that the poorest of people may have the most genial hearts, that strangers are just friends waiting to be befriended. And remember my lad, as the lady always said, ‘Before you say anything about anyone, let your words pass through three gates- Is it kind? Is it true? Is it necessary?’
With the advent of winter, I have turned insensate to the urge to write. There are instances wherein exquisitely stung by the thought, I have looked for the
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How many times have you heard the phrase ‘just a dog’ before? Be it when you are standing for a mute animal or raising concern over an atrocious act. How many times have you faced the heat of cynical eyes darting you in an obnoxious manner?
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Always remember that it is one song that can herald rain, it is one step that starts a journey and it is one life that can bring about a change. In the words of Peter Roebuck, ‘Spirit is the difference between cement and ice. One lasts the course, the other goes to water when the heat is on.’
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Love is…having someone to hold.
In the ever wandering worldly chores, heart finds solace in the company of a comforting friend.
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There would be times when you would come across incidents where a dog has been abandoned by a family. The reason may be because of an injury the dog suffered, a disease that he caught, re-location of the family because of job changes etc. If you divulge into the deeper details, all these are merely lame excuses. If you get a dog, remember it’s family! And you don’t really shun a family member on the above accounts. It’s rather better to not have adopted a pet than to treat him as a commodity destined for the same fate as that of a tawdry fashion item. My nostrils flare when such gross news are reported. Please understand that it’s a beating heart full of love, loyalty & friendship that you have adopted. There are responsibilities that you must live upto. Please, remember that you are the harbinger of joy and the elixir of life for the muted species.
You are the hope and he is the heart!
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For long dogs have been falsely accused of eating the homework, we don’t really mind it as long as it saves our young friends from the teacher’s ire 🙂 Good old Calvin had quipped, “I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.” I have always believed that teaching isn’t restricted to classrooms and lectures, the real learning happen in the open world. If we look closely, we can learn from everybody and everything around us. Here, I would like to share an email forward that aims to embark for you the portals of learning from the wisdom of barks.
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The lady renowned for her sharp wits, wisdom bytes and satirical posts lends her pen for this special edition! This time she treads on the lifestyle and concerns of some lucky pets she had observed.
Although I have known and befriended pets with good life and strays with a dismal distressing life alike, I still hope that compassion is the miracle drug that would ensure that the plight of the less fortunate ones is taken into account.
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I wonder if you have harbored wishes of having conversations with animals, remember Dr. Dolittle? 🙂
Animals are smarter than most of us think them to be. Animals have always had intellectual abilities however what fauna friends refer to as intelligence might be entirely different from human definitions. It’s like searching for life in far off galaxies, but then life forms in a particular planet may be in contrast with what we have here. To us motion, respiration, activity etc. might be vital signs of life but who knows if for a green alien in Mars life means being in vegetative state? Similar is the quest for animal intelligence and as far as I am concerned I never had a doubt about it.
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The big cat has always had an aura of alacrity around it. Amidst fears of their extinction, there have been resounding rumours — sometimes loud and at others whispers that the tigers roam and rove in the mountains of Bhutan. Following the trail of this rattling rumour, an expedition was undertaken by BBC Natural History Unit. The team captured the images of a snow leopard cub from over 5000 meters in the air.
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There is something about these quotations– an air of philosophy which would make you ponder over a thought, a tincture of humor to spruce up your day and at times the whimsical poignance of the written word to caress you into a lullaby.
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When it comes to canines, interspecies altruism takes an altitudinal elevation. Countless tales which have become part of glistening anecdotes pave the relic road of archives which sometimes moisten the eyes or draw a smile. Uncannily there are even times when both the emotions are in a symphony, ever seen it rain while the Sun is out?
