February 18. “Button, do you remember me telling you that only 1400 tigers are alive in the world?
Apparently, that’s an exaggerated figure and a much smaller number are actually alive.”
Apparently, that’s an exaggerated figure and a much smaller number are actually alive.”
“Why was it peculiar?”
“And what about the empty house, Button, with just the two of us and me teaching you the first few steps of salsa!”
“What’s the rush?”
“Authorities are yet to find a mate for Shiva, the rhino, who is staying at the Byculla Zoo.”
“It’s Valentine’s Day and people celebrate love. Happy Valentine’s Day.”
“Must be somewhat similar to a hi-five?”
“Button, Dost’s reaction in seeing it was: This must be the most apt description of our relationship!”
“Button, do you think these crows and our pets, Mowgli and Mojo, have worked out a deal between themselves where, for a drink of water from the birdbath on the terrace, these birds fetch for them either some meat or a chicken bone to chew?”
“Button, Kottarapattu Chattu Kuttan: three guesses what this is!
Some regional recipe–no! The name of a place in India– no! A botanical name for a kind of tree/plant– a big NO!”
Button, here’s Dost’s rejoinder to the starling murmuration where he’s telling me: “Suppose we both were starlings doing our acrobatics up there in the sky and, suppose you were married to some other starling, I would still love and lust for you!”