July 21. “Button, can I with your permission, deviate from our story for just this one time? I promise it’ll be just once: I just have to tell you something.”

“Most certainly. What’s the matter?”

“It’s Sadhu. He’s very unwell. Last evening when the two of us went to feed him, he simply moved away!”

“Did he eat tonight? What’s the matter?”

“The maggots have returned to feed on him in a big way and I have no idea how things will eventually pan out! Dipesh from WSD has been doing a great job but Sadhu is in a pathetic condition. The only nice thing that happened this evening when I went to feed him was that he actually ate and ate all his food. That made me really happy.”

“I noticed you went alone to feed the strays! Where’s choti?”

“She’s gone to Delhi to make a presentation. Will be back tomorrow.”

(Sandhu has been admitted to a hospital run by the Welfare of Stray Dogs. The maggots have been removed. His wounds have been bandaged. Hopefully he will return to familiar territory—home for him—soon.)

6 Comments

Kshitij Arya December 4, 2015 at 9:37 am

Sadhu take care. Get well soon. We are keeping you in our prayers.

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- author December 4, 2015 at 12:24 pm
  
  Kshitij,
  
  Sadhu lives on through the other special kids we feed on the streets. Please pray for them too.
  
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Anamika Desai December 4, 2015 at 9:39 am

Yes Sadhu, you need to eat well in order to get healthy again. We all are with you.

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- author December 4, 2015 at 12:21 pm
  
  Anamika,
  
  If you notice, the material for this blog was written in the year 2011. Time has flown and Sadhu is no more.
  
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Shruthi Deshmukh December 4, 2015 at 9:41 am

Poor Sadhu. Always has to go through a lot. I wish he wouldn’t have to suffer so much.

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- author December 4, 2015 at 12:19 pm
  
  Shruti,
  
  But Sadhu must have also had his good days. He also had a lot of people who took good care of him. But he needn’t have suffered so much.
  
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