Five years back before the BJ apartment was built,
this young boy Bimal was the security person to guard the cement, rods and
wooden frames of the contractor.There was no electricity for him.He used to
cook his own food and stay in a ten feet by six feet store room, climbing a
temporary wooden staircase.A stray dog gave birth to three pups, only one
survived.Her mother abandoned her when this unknown boy started to feed his
left overs to the little one.He named it blacky.Gradually a bondage developed
between them. As she grew up she started guarding that locality and the store
room.On dark nights she was the only companion of that young man.A risky job
with lakhs of hardware to guard.I used to watch the real life drama through my
bedroom window at night.Due to litigation and other legal problems the
apartment took a very long time to complete but the faithful duo stayed till
the construction was over.
The young boy left due to non payment of his
dues.Blacky was abandoned but she continued her job and was waiting for her
friend to return in the evening.Blacky would howl and cry but to no avail, she
was missing her friend.
I developed pity for blacky and fed her our left
overs.She is now mother of six children but has shifted her home near to a
newly built Sai temple very near to our house.Earlier the people of this
locality used to throw stone and kill dogs but once the Sai temple got
completed dogs are safe and in great demand, as Sai baba was a lover of
animals, specially dogs.
Sanjoy Kumar Satpathy
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