A very poignant and objectively written piece. Ida laggda ke Zakhmi saab nu milna paina..
Keep it up.
Manpreet | Homepage | 05.14.07 - 6:44 am | #

Thanks! I'm sure he'll also be happy to see you.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 05.16.07 - 1:51 am | #

For the first few paragraphs I thought you were talking about a young lad! How come no pictures this time?
Mridula | Homepage | 05.18.07 - 6:38 am | #

I sought to emphasise the point that our canine friends are just as special to us, as our human friends.

To be honest, I did not post a photograph, because I've become a wee bit superstitious after the death of little Tinkoo.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 05.18.07 - 9:26 pm | #

so another canine?? bhai band of tinkoo??

I love the tale BTW, you can be a very good story writer you know with all thrill, suspense and drama, romance is though needed ... but you can be a kid's story writer :>

Hoping good for zakhmi's life ... I hate dogs and cats though.
Asma | Homepage | 05.22.07 - 9:40 pm | #

Yup! He used to visit Tinkoo too.

Thank you! Thank you so much for the kind words about my writing capabilities!

Zarraa-nawaazish hai!

I guess I have always been a child at heart and it would make me very happy, if children were to like any of what I write. :P

Romance has never been my forte.

Thanks for the good wishes for ol' Zakhmi! I am sure Zakmi and Tinkoo would have helped improve your opinion about dogs, if you had been able to interact with them.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 05.23.07 - 6:42 am | #

moving piece, especially loved the last paragraph.
sabizak | Homepage | 05.30.07 - 4:12 pm | #

Thanks!
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.01.07 - 6:22 am | #

Beautifully written. It reminds me of my teenage days back home in Chandigarh. We never had a pet of any sorts coz Mom didn't like the idea much(her rationale was that her hands are full..hehe). Like zakhmi, we had a dog on the street, who I am sure was a Lhasa Apso(probably strayed from his owners), my mom would feed him and after sometime he was permitted to come inside the house. I named him coochoo. My relationship with coochoo was pretty similar to as what you described as yours to zakhmi.Once he fell sick and I remember mixing paracetamol tabs in the milk and he was back to good health in less than a week. In the evenings,I would sit in the lawn to read something, he sat next to me in a very protective manner and protective he was!Then one day coochoo got into an accident and died. I was inconsolable at the news of his death. After that I didn't have the heart to think of having a pet ever. Some scars don't heal I suppose.
Mannat Gill | 06.01.07 - 2:42 pm | #

Thanks!

I am sure some canine will worm his/her way into your heart, once again, very soon, although Coochoo will always have his very special place there.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.03.07 - 8:24 am | #

Thanks for sharing all this.I added my new article on Sarsa Controversy in the blog of punjabi articles.
Zafar
jaswant | Homepage | 06.07.07 - 12:58 pm | #

Very well written Sidhusaheb..at first i seriously thought it was some guy whom u r talking abt
Hows zakhmi doing...i hope he's not zakhmi these days? :P
Fariha Akhtar | Homepage | 06.11.07 - 8:24 pm | #

Thanks!

He's doing fine.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.12.07 - 7:32 am | #

Hey Sidhusaaheb...how abt posting some of his pics on ur blog? All ur blog readers will get to virtually meet Mr. Zakhmi then
Fariha Akhtar | Homepage | 06.16.07 - 8:21 pm | #

I am sorry to disappoint, but apart from the reason mentioned in an earlier comment on this post, I think posting a photograph would also spoil the element of surprise for the readers.
Sidhusaaheb | Homepage | 06.17.07 - 8:21 am | #

Oh yeah u r right....i didn't think abt that :D....no problem!
Fariha Akhtar | Homepage | 06.19.07 - 9:23 pm | #