The guardian angel who speaks Hindi!

As I travel through life looking for a meaning in every purpose, I luckily come across people who move me enough to start believing in goodness in a different way। What makes them think this differently is beyond my understanding? Such people have shed what they were conditioned to believe in and cleared the wilderness of their jumbled thoughts with the hatchet of their own making। The hatchet that has sharpened with each grind of an experience felt deeply and cleared the path of Pavlovian behaviour। The strength of the paper thin edge shines above the regular blunts.

Such is this messiah of the downtrodden animals residing in the hills close to Mumbai। A foreigner who settled in India about 51 years ago and speaks fluent Hindi as she barks orders to the workers building her abode and coos proudly as her eye rests on her pet Ox. Handsome is what she calls him and indeed he is a comely example of his lot yet different in his dealings with people. Have you ever heard of the adage “as tolerant as a bull”? Well this one is!

Then there are the mongrels that she’s picked up from different situations। A road accident, an abandoned pet, puppies who lost their mum, sick dogs and flea ridden pariahs. And with a graceful wave of her kindly wand, she sprinkles gold dusts of eternal happiness on the destitute as she tends to a broken leg and another’s broken soul!

There are dogs that are miss fits। Scarred due to abuse and violent enough to not be allowed to mingle with the rest. She happily accommodates the restless and watches over them as a mother would be watchful of her challenged child.

Tall and slim, this blessing from the lord himself is a selfless human who shelters these animals on her property. The quarters are clean and the animals healthy and well looked after. She does not owe allegiance to any NGO nor accepts donations. She does not want to be featured nor photographed. In her own words, “I do this more for myself. The animals don’t need me as much as I need them. They have changed my life and made it beautiful!”

©BuntysBanter २००९
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