February 16. “I am so glad you asked me to help you out with the household chores.”
“And what about the empty house, Button, with just the two of us and me teaching you the first few steps of salsa!”
February 15. “Now you know why I am after you to find a mate?”
“What’s the rush?”
“Authorities are yet to find a mate for Shiva, the rhino, who is staying at the Byculla Zoo.”
February 14. “Button, why do people all over the world celebrate February 14?”
“It’s Valentine’s Day and people celebrate love. Happy Valentine’s Day.”
February 13. “Button, do you know what a knuckle-five is?”
“Must be somewhat similar to a hi-five?”
Flash Post 56!
“Button, Dost’s reaction in seeing it was: This must be the most apt description of our relationship!”
Flash Post 55!
“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?”
Flash Post 54!
“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!”
Flash Post 53!
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!”
February 12. “Button—I read these two rival news items in different newspapers on the same day:
The visual is of a sad little puppy sitting beside its dead mother who was killed because of rapid development at Uran in Navi Mumbai.”
February 11. 12.04 pm. “Did you just see two falcons flying past the study window?”
“I did, Button. And what are you doing looking out of that window with a whistle between your lips?”