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Happy New Year Resolutions for pet parents!

Another year passes by— seasons swept, lessons learnt, pains endured and pleasures pined. The year that was witnessed some sweeping changes; the world’s most wanted fugitive isn’t Osama anymore, no more is there that longing for the next of the Harry Potter movies. And no longer is the dog a man’s best friend (personal computer has won over the dog). Now I know the reason behind this brouhaha about the world coming to an end in 2012. Mayans, perhaps your prophecy would come true!

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my life as a dog

‘My life as a dog’ ―Movie review

I vividly remember gazing the stars from my patio when I was a kid. Enamored by constellations, I would move my finger in the sky as if to connect the dots that would form The Great Bear, Orion and the likes. Looking back at the times that they were, I’m convinced that if I were to be bound by co-ordinates of space and time, I would love to be but a speck in my event horizon. Remember reading about Laika, the Russian dog who was sacrificed to space for scientific pursuits? The motion picture ‘My Life as a Dog’ (Mitt Liv Som Hund) is based on the autobiographical novel by Reidar Jonsson.

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The Dog of Tetwal beyond borders boundaries

‘The Dog of Tetwal’…beyond borders & boundaries

The partition took many lives in its wake. Soldiers who were earlier fighting the British for freedom had suddenly found enemies in each other. It wasn’t merely, the land which got separated by the ramifications of Radcliffe line but relations.

Written by Manto, the literary genius from India’s pre-independence era, this allegory which is satirical at times questions the futility of war and the bedlam. It portrays the consequences of communal politics and the perplexed case of forgotten identities. The plot revolves around a stray dog trapped between two frontier posts of the Indian and Pakistani armies.

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The Bear movie review

The Bear movie review

Fiction which breathes on the realms of real is a rare work of art. ‘The Bear’ (L’ours) is one such cinematic experience. A moment ago you are seething with worldly chores and the next you are taken for a ride— a ride into the wild! This dream like awakening is as surreal as it is real. To put to words what ‘The Bear’ transfers to the celluloid is a posing task. It enthralls you to the edge of your seat and evokes emotions that you never knew were hibernating deep within in you. The subtle undertone which rides through the course of its essay is improbable to miss. For all the right reasons, the movie was endorsed by both the American Humane Association and the World Wildlife Fund.

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How to win friends tips from a dog!

How to win friends – tips from a dog!

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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Mutt and me friendly meeting with a stray dog.

Mutt and me – friendly meeting with a stray dog.

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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Magic in the mundane

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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Unlikely Animal Friendships

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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Love in the times of Today

Love in the times of Today

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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How dogs are fighting against Terrorists?

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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Helping hands— Animal rescue efforts in Japan

Helping hands— Animal rescue efforts in Japan

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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homeless man with his dog.

A picture speaks a thousand words!

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 accepeted their predicaments.

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Jharna bhatnagar with dog

How I met my best friend!

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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portrait of a dog, a dog's life

A dog’s life…

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?’

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What one man can do?

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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