yes, I remember the dates by now - I saw Tinni on my bed, feeding her Kind therefore I didn’t find the need to set up a carton once again. Tinni, unlike Minni, wasn’t the emotionally dependent The one we thought to be their mother: Jason. The death was followedĪnother discovery, that Tinni was now pregnant. Responsible mother, and two days later the kitten died. Minni, however, was too small herself to be a Them both and placed them in the carton, which I hadn’t dismantled.
The moment I realised it was her baby and not a mouse, I lifted This encounter was as human as it could get and even today fills Thought it was a mouse and began chasing her out, but she pleaded with me to Then, on the morning of May 20, just hours beforeĬyclone Amphan hit Calcutta, she bought a kitten in her mouth. Usual, and that made me wonder whether she indeed had a kitten or kittens lying Was hurt that Minni had chosen to deliver elsewhere. The following morning the rest of the cats returned. Speech), she left home, with her siblings following her. Labour (precisely when Modi was making his atmanirbhar I cushionedĪ carton with rugs to make things easier for her, but the night she went into The bulge in her tummy was growing by the day. One fine afternoon I discovered that Minni, myįavourite, was pregnant. Grew, I discovered Linda wasn’t their mother after all: she had testicles. The most joyous moment was when Minni - the mostīeautiful and expressive of them, the mostīeautiful I’ve ever seen - allowed me to stroke her. Time in spite of my giving them food and cleaning their poop. They remained suspicious of me for a long Promptly named Linda by the wife, who strictly adheres to the convention ofĬats being cats, while they liked to be fed by me, In no time the three were joined by their mother, who was I began to order cartons of Amul milk from a neighbourhood shop and So there was Dude and there was the trio of Tinni, Minni and Renamed them Tinni and Minni, which worked out well because soon the two were joinedīy their sibling, who was conveniently named Rinni. The wife, when she noticed them a few days later, I got some milk for the two tiny ones, and that He wasn’t quite amused by the visitors, but at the Hearing me make welcoming sounds to them, he sauntered out to the It was in his company that I wrote Aimless in Banaras.ĭude was home when these two kittens showed up exactlyĪ year ago. To spend some time and enjoy the attention. When he came home he never expected to be fed he just wanted On the streets, he would sometimes make a noise in recognition and sometimes Sometimes he would be missing for days, even weeks if I happened to I spot him It was on the night of 8 JanuaryĢ020 that I found two cats, not more than four or five months old, peeping into myĪt the time I only had Dude, who was more of a visitor Part of it was spent at home in their company. Of cats - a year that feels like a lifetime because, thanks to COVID-19, a better Today I formally complete a year in the active service
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