Street Dogs

‘Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies’-saidSigmund Freud. Taking this, it is then another kind of war happening on streetsof Kashmir between people and dogs. And it seems to be a virtual dog-fightwhere no one knows who is going to be a topdog! However, as of now, it is the tail wagging the dog as dog-bitten peoplewrithe in pain and anguish.

To talk about the response of government towards this issueis like putting it in the dog-house. Unmoved by the apathy of people, it hasthrown the whole issue to the dogs. It has actually let the dogs out byrecommending the weird policies of tackling this menace. The present regime islike the dog that caught the bus, absolutely baffled by the fate of pricey dogpounds and escalating dog bites. Unable to take proper action, it is behavingas a blind dog in a meat market. In the process, it has been dogged and provento be a real dog even as it has been attempting the dog-whistle politics.

   

But for those associated with making money out of this issueare the lucky dogs for whom Kashmir is a wonderful place of corruption, adoggie-dog world.

The people have been rendered to whipped dogs who can donothing but play dead. They are simply helpless. They can’t initiate attack dogpolitics. They can’t stoop low by being junkyard dogs to overcome the streetdogs. They feel there is a dog’s chance of this menace being eradicated soon.It is not a dogfall for them as they are at a dreadfully receiving end.

The thing is that people don’t have to fight like cats anddogs; they have to actually fight as humans with dogs. Thrash out the dogs thatare all out to lynch them. In a system, which is crooked as dog’s hind leg,there is a need to embark upon campaigning, revive the history of marchesthrough the streets of London in 1907 when thousands of “anti-doggers” clashedwith so-called animal lovers in confrontations that came to be known as theBrown Dog Riots. Since the controversy then had emerged around the vivisectionof Brown Dog in medical research and teaching at University College London,ours can be the Street Dog Mutiny to save ourselves from a different enemy—therabid street dogs who should be banished forever.

Of course, people cannot be sitting ducks for the dogs. Wecan’t tolerate dogs—defiant, unruly, brutal, taking toll of humans. After all,human rights can’t be allowed to go to the dogs. We can’t afford listening toshaggy-dog stories of animal lovers and bear the marks of animal violence. Dogscan never be tamed. Interior is unchangeable. Come what may. Discourses anddens can change but dogs will remain dogs since dogs are dogs.

Showing no sign of hang-dog look, the authorities arewatching the situation shamelessly. They have perhaps made their mind to seethe state of affairs deteriorate until the last dog dies, of course on its own!

If the authorities have failed in charting out some concretemeasures, let the people do it and try it on the dogs. The Street Dog Mutiny isthe answer. Let’s, at least, start with giving dog a bad name and hang him.It’s essential and fair because people have to speak before they are silenced.People have to fight before they get faded out. You can’t let sleeping dogslie. In fact, dogs here are not reclining down in leisure, they are up in arms.

So, Freud stands proved right. At least, by dogs in Kashmir.

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