Akbars Musings

Backdrop : On 16 December 2014, seven members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. They entered the school and opened fire on school staff and children, killing 145 people, including 132 schoolchildren, ranging between eight and eighteen years of age

Akbar : Kau...what is a Pakistan?
Me : Its a neighbouring country having four states carved out of our country into a separate nation in 1947.
Akbar : Hmmm...What is a Taliban?
Me : Its an organization of sectarian Muslims who follow the Wahabi tenets.. .orthodox to the core.. regressive in approach and now associated with terrorism too in the world.
Akbar : You people are a funny species.. .in felines we too have our differences...we have flat faced Persians and black faced Siamese n strong Bobs...but all meow in the same language n have similar moderate beliefs of eating rats, fish.. .we don't have Talib's amongst us.
Me : That's good.
Akbar : Do you know why they attacked a school n children ?
Me : bristling with anger.. .I have wondered about it myself.. .
Akbar : A school is a place of learning, modernity & new thought and in the ages of 12- 15 the kernel of belief sets in.. .in this age band a child becomes a man.. .its fairly difficult to indoctrinate after independent thought has taken root.. .
Me : What rot... even older people have gone n gotten themselves inducted
Akbar : Patiently. .. the willing got indoctrinated ...the others were n are killed.. . the rest survive n live in terror.
You humans are the most in-human of species though.
Me : shamed.. .silently looking on
Akbar continuing : In cats we are accused of killing new born kittens but it rarely happens in reality. . life is sacred.. .we fight one another for supremacy... viciously too.. but killing our own.. .never. Conscious Cruelty is a singularly human trait ... it doesn't exist anywhere in the animal kingdom... May these killers of children rot in dozakh.. .he hissed n closed his eyes.

Selfies

Me : Is this what you call a selfie?
Anthony : Meowwww.. yes
Me : Something seems not quite all correct with the picture.
Anthony : What are you saying ? Its perfect... .so clear , crisp you can even see the tan patch on my nose.
Me : But why am I in greyscale ?
Anthony : You don't know a thing about photography. ..you aren't in greyscale.. .you are in black & white.
Me : How.. .why ? And why are you in colour ?
Anthony : Do you see the wall n sofa chairs behind you... aren't they in their original colours ? My camera is a special one it snaps only the truth...true colour photography. 
Me : Bullshit.. .if that's so why are you in colour?
Anthony : That's maybe because I am truly a colourful character.. . he he he he he he.. .. as to why are you dark ... don't blame me.. .some of us are born golden n good looking and maybe to contrast us and maintain the balance in the world while playing his zero sum game, the maker also makes your kind... now no more questions please.

Am left wondering whether this bozo has taken my trip yet again ??? Now has he ?

Seasons Greetings - Christmas with Anthony Nigudkar

Anthony is the pride of the neighbourhood and his house, 

His name well-known to every big rat & that wee lil mouse.

Soft n sure is his deadly tread, When the prey's caught, 

He prefers it straight not sandwiched in bread.

Nay a morsel beyond hunger does he partake, 

Whether he then gets served, a whole turkey or a moist plum cake.

This festival season as he chooses between red wine n a light beer,

He wishes all you Cats a Merry Christmas full of Joy, Fresh mice n Lots'a Cheer"