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APRIL 21ST,1995 A GERMAN SPITZ PUPPY WAS BORN IN ONE MY FRIEND’S PLACE IN BALLYGUNGE,ALONG WITH 6 OTHER PUPPIES…THIS ONE WAS THE LAST ONE TO BE BORN…THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL IN HIM,THAT I CAN’T EXPLAIN,THAT MADE ME REQUEST MY FRIEND’S PA,TO GIVE IT TO ME,KNOWING VERY WELL THAT MY MA WILL BE VERY VERY ANGRY…SO WILL MY PA!!
I GOT OWNERSHIP OF THAT PUPPY ON MAY 8TH AND BROUGHT IT HOME,HIDING HIM FROM MY PARENTS…BUT NOT FOR LONG…
WHEN I WAS CAUGHT THAT VERY DAY,I WAS ASKED TO RETURN HIM BUT I DID PUT MY FOOT DOWN AND EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS A HARMLESS,SMALL,CUTE LITTLE COTTONBALL WHICH WOULD BE GREAT FUN AND A COMPANION TOO.
MY PARENTS WENT QUIET FOR A WHILE AND AS DAYS PASSED BY “THEY” BECAME MORE FOND OF “BUBBLES”..HIS REGISTERED NAME..A.K.A.“BURAI” AS I CALLED HIM LOVINGLY..WITH MY PARENTS CALLING HIM ALL SORTS OF POSSIBLE PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION WHICH SUITED THEIR PAMPERING MOOD.
NOW MIND YOU, KEEPING A PET IS FUN BUT NOT FOR LONG!!WHEN THE TIME COMES TO TAKE ITS RESPONSIBILTIES,AS OF ANOTHER HOUSE MEMBER AND DOING ITS DAILY CHORES,,IT BECOMES DEMANDING.
AS BURAI GREW OLDER HE DEVELOPED A SPECIAL FASCINATION FOR MY MA..FOR MANGOES..FOR BANANAS…FOR HILSA AND FOR CHICKEN.HE WAS A BIG PROBLEM WHEN GUESTS TURNED UP OR WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG…HE WOULD JUST BARK TILL HIS TONSILS COULD BE SEEN….HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY VERY FOND OF EATING…PLAYING WITH PLASTIC BALLS AND WITH SUNRAYS!!
SOON HE DEVELOPED A RATHER WORRYING HABIT OF BITING.....EVEN ME,PA AND MA…WHEN HE VERY FOOLISHLY THOUGHT THAT WE HAD STEPPED ON HIS TAIL’S FRACTION PURPOSLY OR WHEN HE WOULD FEEL CHALLENGED THAT MAY BE HIS FOOD WOULD BE SHARED AMONG US!!WE DISCUSSED OF GIVING HIM AWAY,THOUGH HE HAD BEEN GIVEN HIS REGULAR DOSES OF ANTI RABBIES INJECTIONS.BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE…..WE JUST COULDN’T GIVE HIM AWAY AS WE WERE TOO FOND OF HIM BY THAT TIME AND WERE READY TO EXCUSE HIS INNOCENT MISTAKES..HE JUST DIDN’T KNOW THAT IT HURT WHEN HE BIT…THE VERY NEXT MOMENT HE WOULD CURL UP BESIDE US AND LICK US….SOMEHOW THAT MELTED THE CRIME IF HE HAD DONE ANY!!
ACTUALLY WE ALL AGREED THAT BITES FROM HUMANBEINGS ARE EVEN MORE POISONOUS AND REVENGEFUL WITH AN INTENT TO INFECT AND KILL…BUT HE WAS JUST AN INNOCENT DOG…OUR BURAI…SO WE KEPT ON LOVING HIM…FOR EVER.
7TH DECEMBER,2008..AFTER THE LAST BATH ,BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL REALLY CAME,BURAI FELL SICK..HE WAS CONSULTED WITH A DOCTOR AND MEDICATED….HE STOPPED EATING..EVEN BANANAS.. MANGOES.. HILSA.. CHICKEN.. EVERYTHING..HE STOPPED WALKING…ME,MA AND PA FED HIM MILK,WITH BOURNVITA,COMPLAN AND HIS TABLETS POWDERED AND MIXED WITH THEM ALONG SIDE WATER, WITH A DROPPER..DAY AFTER DAY…BUT HE WAS DETERIORATING…ONLY LOOKING AT US WITH THOSE SAD EYES…DOCTOR WAS CONSULTED AGAIN…BUT EVEN THE VET. DIDN’T FIND ANY HOPE…!
AFTER THAT BURAI USED TO CRY THE WHOLE NIGHT..MAY BE IN PAIN OR MAY BE IN SADNESS…I USED TO BE AWAKE ALL NIGHT,EVEN AFTER MY SHOOT,GIVING A REST TO MY PARENTS WHO WERE LOOKING AFTER HIM ALL DAY.IT WAS AS IF I WAS TRYING TO SING A LULLABY TO A BABY..PATTING HIM SO THAT HE MAY FALL ASLEEP..WHEN HE DID STOP CRYING AND I SLOWLY SLIPPED TO MY BED…HE WOULD START CRYING AGAIN…NOW "WE" WERE FALLING SICK…DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO..
24TH DECEMBER..WITH THE SAME ROUTINE..I WAS TO SHOOT FROM EARLY MORNING ON THE NEXT DAY, THE CHRISTMAS DAY.. 25TH DECEMBER .…WITHOUT AN IOTA OF SLEEP,I GOT UP AND STARTED GETTING READY FOR MY SHOOT, AROUND 530AM,WHEN MA ENTERED MY ROOM AND ASKED ME TO SHIFT BURAI TO THEIR BEDROOM.I PICKED HIM UP IN MY LAP..HE LOOKED AT MA AS IF HE WAS TELLING "MA WHERE WERE YOU ALL THIS TIME?"!! AS MA WAS AFFECTIONATELY LAYING HER HANDS ON HIS HEAD…I SUDDENLY FELT HIS HEAD JUST HUNG OVER…PA FELT FOR HIS HEARTBEAT WITH HIS STETHOSCOPE BUT FOUND NONE…BURAI HAD DIED…AFTER LIVING EVERY MOMENT WITH US FOR 14YEARS..ON THE CHRISTMAS DAY!!I HAD TO BURY HIM AND THEN REPORT TO MY SHOOT..AT 8AM!!THE BURIAL GROUND WAS FAR..IT WAS A FOGGY.. CHILLY MORNING..A PERFECT DAY TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS..AND HERE I WAS, DRIVING BURAI TO THE BURIAL GROUND WITH HIM LOOKING AT ME ALL THE WHILE,EVEN AS HIS DEAD BODY WAS FASTENED WITH THE SEATBELT, BESIDE ME…I HAD BROUGHT HIM HOME 14YEARS AGO, WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING, WRAPPED IN A BLANKET,IN MY LAP..AND I BURIED HIM QUITE THE SAME….I MISS YOU……….BRO!!
AUGUST3RD 2003,A LABRADOR PUPPY WAS BROUGHT IN MY COUSIN’S HOME,WHICH IS VERY MUCH MY HOME TOO…LIVING NEARBY.WE ALL NAMED HIM “RAHULBABA” AT FIRST,BUT VERY SOON WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD A REALLY CLOSE RELATIVE BY THAT NAME..SO WE BAPTIZED HIM TO “GUDDU”..I LOVINGLY CALLED HIM “GUDDUPUDDU /GUDDIBABA/ GUDLUPUDLU AND GOD KNOWS WHAT NOT!!HERE WAS THE MOST ADORABLE PUPPY WITH A HUGE APETITE FOR EVERYTHING..THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN THE FILM “MARLEY AND ME” WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!BUT HE WAS JUST AN ANGEL…INSPITE OF HIS SIZE AND GIRTH AS HE GREW..HE EASILY BECAME THE MOST LOVABLE LIVING THING IN THE WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD!!EVEN WHEN HE HAD STROLLED OFF TO DISCOVER THE WORLD AND GOT LOST,HE WAS RECOGNIZED AND RETURNED BACK SAFELY….HE HAD A PENCHANT FOR BISCUITS..FOR BREAD…FOR CHICKEN…..FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING TO BE SAFELY TUCKED IN HIS MOUTH..ANOTHER THING HE COULD GIVE HIS HEART FOR WAS A MASSAGE AND A LLLLLOT OF CUDDLE….HE WOULD JUST ATTACK ME…STAMP(EDE) ME…LIE OVER ME..LICK ME WET..PULL MY CLOTHES…JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO CUDDLE HIM AND MASSAGE HIM AND TAKE HIM CLOSE TO ME AND HUG HIM AND KISS HIM……FEED HIM…GIVE HIM WATER TO DRINK…HE WAS MY CHOCOPIE….I WOULD TALK WITH HIM..UTTER NONSENSE AT TIMES…SENSE AT TIMES..HE WOULD JUST LISTEN AS IF HE WAS CONSIDERING AN ADVICE…HE WAS A LAZY BUM..JUST WOULDN’T RUN..TRIED TO TAKE HIM UP ON THE TREADMILL BUT HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SOME ENEMY OF HIS, WHO WAS TRYING TO MAKE HIM RUN AGAINST HIS WILL AND HENCE BARKED AND BIT AGAINST THE JOGGER WITH A VENGEANCE!!HIS EYES SHOWERED LOVE AND AFFECTION…NO ONE COULD HELP BUT FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM….EVEN THE STAUNCHEST CANINE HATER…WOULD EVENTUALLY FALL FOR HIS CHARM AND INNOCENCE…!
I WOULD WONDER AT TIMES..HOW LUCKY GUDDU IS!!WHAT A BIRTH…!DEVOID OF ANY COMPLICATION..OF ANY NEGATIVITY..OR ANY SELFISH WANTS…..ALL HE WANTED WAS HIS FAVOURITE FOOD AND LOVE AND HE WOULD GIVE ME BACK HIS WARMTH…A WARMTH THAT NO HUMANBEING WOULD OR CAN EVER GENERATE.. UNCONDITIONAL ..LINEAR !!
HE HAD FALLEN TERRIBLY SICK AFTER ENGULFING FERTILIZER IN MERRIMENT, IN 2007…HE WAS SAVED BY THE DOCTOR’S TREATMENT THEN, BUT SOMETHING WENT AMISS INSIDE ,AS SIDE EFFECTS LIKE SEPTICS ON SKIN,HIGH FEVER AT TIMES ETC. PERSISTED..BUT NEVERTHELESS HE WAS EVER SO LIVELY…HE WAS GENERALLY A HEALTHY DOG….!!
BUT 21ST JULY 2009,HE SUDDENLY STOPPED EATING …VOMMITTED WITH THE MOST PUNGENT SMELL,WHICH CARRIED SOME BLOOD TOO…DOCTOR WAS CALLED..HE INSPECTED HIGH FEVER,GAVE HIM 4 INJECTIONS..BUT ACTUAL REASONS OF HIS STRANGE,SUDDEN SICKNESS COULDN’T BE DIAGNOSED…TILL SOME TESTS WERE TO BE DONE THE NEXT DAY.HE DIDN’T GET UP THAT NIGHT..!
22ND JULY 2009,7AM,HE WAS SEEN TO BE AS IF IN A SEVERE SHOCK AND HE COLLAPSED…HE DIED…DIED EVEN BEFORE WE COULD ALL UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIED!!
TODAY HE LIES BESIDE BURAI IN THE SAME BURIAL GROUND..PERHAPS THEIR SPIRITS CHATTING UP IN HEAVEN AND WATCHING HOW MUCH WE ALL MISS THEM….BUT FRANKLY,THOUGH I WAS VERY VERY SAD WHEN BURAI PASSED AWAY, STRANGELY I DIDN’T SHED A TEAR..PERHAPS BECAUSE HE WAS SUFFERING VERY BADLY FOR 3 WEEKS AND WE HAD SEEN HIM DEGENERATE INFRONT OF OUR EYES AND KNEW THAT HE WAS OLD..VERY OLD AND MAY BE WE ALL PRAYED TO GOD THAT HE MAY GRANT BURAI A REPRIEVE FROM HIS SUFFERINGS..MAY BE I JUST ACKNOWLEDGED HIS DEATH WITH PRACTICALITY…BUT IN CASE OF GUDDU WHO WAS A YOUNG SOUL..FULL OF LIFE,LOVE AND ENERGY..MY TEARS KNEW NO BOUNDS…JUST COULDN’T TAKE IT UP IN MY SYSTEM THAT GUDDU IS NO MORE….EVEN AT THIS MOMENT I FEEL HE WILL SUDDENLY ATTACK ME AND JUST PIN ME DOWN AND LICK ME AND BEG ME TO GIVE HIM A BISCUIT OR SOMETHING….I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THAT GUDDU IS NOT THERE ANYMORE …
BUT ONE CAN’T AVOID THE TRUTH…THE ETERNAL TRUTH OF LIFE AND DEATH…BUT I STILL LOVE YOU GUDLUPUDLU…I WILL SURELY MEET YOU UP THERE..SOMEDAY!!
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