Reasons, why I still hate dogs!

But I really, really want to hate dogs for the main cause of Rabies they are!

Well, smarty pants, ever heard of vaccination? Get your society dogs vaccinated against stray dogs. Its free and takes only one or two phone calls to local N.G.O. or municipal corporations. Rabies is caused by saliva of ‘infected dogs’. However, since it is not possible to tell from infected dogs to normal ones except for those who are severely infected. Also the main cause of spread in rabies within dogs is because of the fights between dogs. When an infected dog bites another during fights, the other dog becomes infected with rabies too. Why do fights happen?

There are mainly two reasons:

• When a dog relocated from one location to another: This reason is due to 99% fault of humans. Those who don’t want to kill dogs, take them and put them in another territory. In other territory the dog becomes hostile and other dog of that territory attack. This results in fight which leads to bites and thus spreading of rabies. So, never encourage relocation of dogs. It is worse than killing of dog.
• Due to mating season: Now this is law of nature, where in a pack of animal there is a leader who always gets food and the lady FIRST! But sometimes there are other wannabe doggies who want to challenge the bozo and thus end up fighting and thus spread rabies between themselves. There are two ways to prevent them: (a) Either make sure your and the surround colony dogs are totally and 100% vaccinated, which is highly unlikely to ensure. (b) Or, sterilize as well as vaccinated your colony dogs. The sterilization technique we follow these days still makes the bitch go in heat. But, if the male doggies won’t have balls, they eventually won’t fight. Also you can Anti Rabies vaccinate yourself like you did for polio. Its just another prick on your skin for survival. 

Turn around, let me mark my territory.

      Now, what you need to know next is about the territory of dogs. Just like there are countries, states, cities, sectors, colonies and at last house? Wtf? Well no, when it comes to dogs, its either this or that territory. The area of territory depends on the size of pack and it is relative to the neighboring packs too. So suppose in a pack there are 20 dogs and they share food of 2 colonies, that means there is ample food for 20 dogs, 21^st dog won’t be allowed in that territory. If he enters, or forced to enter, he will be dealt like a terrorist. But if a dog dies in that territory, this creates a vacuum in that area for 1 dog. In simple language, there is food for another dog and he may come in. But that vacuum remains for a week or ten days. Then and then only another dog is allowed to share the food. They mark their territory with their urine. Not with barbed wires like us. Cool and cost effective, right? So hate them for peeing on your tire or your compound wall, but they are actually bordering it and protecting that area so that other dogs won’t enter without permission.

Coming over to a sensitive topic, Religion. I would like to start with Islam, since dogs are hated most in Islam. It is said that the angels(farishtey) don’t enter the house where dogs are. It is also said that dogs like pigs are dirty creatures. I have got some news for you:

• It is not haraam (unethical or illegal) to keep a dog in your house. It is also not haraam to touch the dog or if the dog licks you or your clothing or any articles. If the dog has licked you or your articles you can wash them seven times and you will be pure again.

• It is mandatory, to those who own a dog for work, farming, security or as pets to provide them with proper food and shelter by all means. It is haraam to keep the dog caged/tied up, thus forfeiting his natural way of living. It is also haraam to expose him to fireworks or any such environments which may cause harm or anxiety to the dog. In case, you’re leaving house for short period, such as vacation, the dog’s care taking has to be arranged.

• It is also haraam to engage dog in blood sport such as dog fighting.

• No animal has been cursed in any way. Animals are referred to in many instances in the Qu’ran. In Surah Kahf, mention is made of the companions of the Cave and their dog. (S18: 18-22) 

• "While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well, and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This (dog) is suffering from the same problem as that of mine.' So, he (went down the well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and climbed up and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for his (good) deed and forgave him. The people asked ``O Allah'! Is there a reward for us in serving (the) animals? He replied: ``Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being). 

• A dog, as every other living [being] on this earth, is a part of Allah's creation. We, as Muslims, are custodians of this beautiful planet. A dog, if in our possession, as with everything else we claim to own, belongs ultimately to Allah (swt). We will be accountable for how we look after our animals and what we use them for, to Almighty Allah (swt). All of creation is Muslim, submitting to the will of Allah (swt), only man and jinn are granted a freedom of choice. So yes, even animals are Muslim.

Moving towards Hinduism. Where there are million gods worshipped on daily basis. How could you forget the teaching of Lord Krishna, who told us to be kind towards all animals, wild and domestic? Lord Bhairava who had a black dog as his vaahan (vehicle). Most of you don’t know that dogs are considered guards of gates between heaven and hell in many Hindu scriptures. 

In Christianity, there are so many instances in bible where dogs are mentioned. A dog is mentioned in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, faithfully accompanying Tobias, Tobit's son and the angel Raphael on their journeys.

Jesus told the story of the poor man Lazarus, whose sores were licked by street dogs. This has traditionally been seen as showing Lazarus's wretched situation.

The Catholic Church recognizes Saint Roch (also called Saint Rocco), who lived in the early 14th century in France, as the patron saint of dogs. It is said that he caught the plague while doing charitable work and went into the forest, expecting to die. There he was befriended by a dog which licked his sores and brought him food, and he was able to recover. The feast day of Saint Roch, August 16, is celebrated in Bolivia as the "birthday of all dogs."

I rest my case.

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Reasons, Why I hate dogs!

Hate is such a strong word. But people use it as often as they can – “I hate cabbage!” “I hate to exercise!” “I hate when my Mom re arranges my stuff!” The reason why people use the word ‘hate’ so much is because they use the word ‘love’ more than it should be. In fact, from what I felt, the word ‘like’ would have been extinct if not for Facebook.

So when people often say “I hate dogs!” What does that actually mean?  You have to be in their shoes to answer that question. So, let’s say “I hate dogs!” “Why?”

They bark, they bite, they chase your automobile at night, they litter in your residential areas and they … they … they are just worst creatures on earth!! That’s it.

In India, they hate dogs because they howl. Because if a dog howls, a person nearby dies. Wow doggies! Some real superpower you got there in your throat. Well, howling (misunderstood as crying) is a like a doggy cell phone or radio. It is a medium of long range communication for them. Wolves do it too! They do it either to warn their pack about some stranger, they do it to call their pack for hunting, they can also howl if they get separated by their pack or owners. They express this separation anxiety through howling.

Died due to dog howling!

Place where there are stray dogs, it is healthy for us to keep them there. They work as scavengers (better than municipality actually) and eat up garbage, which can cause serious health issues if they get rotten. They also keep the rat population under control. If you remove strays from such areas and not clean the place efficiently, rat population increases. Behind rats come snakes. Now do you prefer to have stray snakes? Or stray dogs? Your choice.

Since the beginning of the time, i.e. when your ancestors ruled the place, they kept dogs as companions or for security from wild animals. Dogs are used to be around human beings since the beginning of time. And for some reasons they love company of humans more than their own kind. In return they provide you with safety and eliminate a lot of diseases with their scavenging. So if a dog bites you, keep in mind it is protecting something/itself. Or you were doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing. Like walking like a drunkard. Making more than enough sound with the sole of your shoes, or maybe he just didn’t like your stupid face (in that case it is OK to hate him, because he hates you too).

There are few things to keep in mind when you are approaching or going through an unknown dog’s territory.

For more information watch this amazing video I made for VSPCA and ABC India.

•  Do not look the dog in the eye. Its like challenge to fight for them.
•  If the dog is lying/resting don’t walk with loud shoes or do not try to jump over him or do not try to throw stones at him. Remember when your mom wakes you up in the morning, how grumpy you are? Yea, so don’t do that.
• If you know there is a pregnant or mother dog nearby. Do not go through that area. I know puppies are cute and irresistible but do not go try to cuddle with them.  Dog mommies are very overprotective. Also warn the children not to do so.
• Throwing stones at dogs is easy. Just till you find a dog who is ‘having his day’. I don’t even want to describe your condition after the dog will be done with u. Just remember dog’s head is aligned straight to your crotch and buttocks.
• Like you are very protective about your underwear, a dog is protective of its tail. So don’t pull or touch it.
• Do not drive past dogs with speed or they will chase you. Remember? When that guy cut through your motorbike on the highway with full speed, almost startled you. I am sure your mouth didn’t shower flower after he did that. And if you do, and the dog chases your bike/car, don’t hate the dog.

Now, play with me!

Now, I explained these to my neighbor and his reply was “Why should I take so much pain, I would rather use a stick instead.” The reason why most dogs bite are not because of aggression but due to fear, or to protect themselves. It means they surely don’t trust you and have developed a gene inside which fears you when you approach them in wrong manner or with wrong body language. Dog lovers get bitten too. Dogs aren’t racists. So your act of hitting dog is passed on to biting someone else. Easiest way to befriend a dog is to feed him. No don’t pamper him if you don’t want to. Just drop a few bread crumbs near your house and let the dog see that you dropped them. Repeat this process for a few days. Viola! The dog trusts you and will never harm you.

I went to attend a very strange complaint but very legitimate one. An extreme playful dog was jumping on people (to play with them) but in process was scaring shit out of the strangers. So they ‘hated’ the dog for being too friendly. So if you’re feeding a dog, keep distance. Jumping or putting his paws on you might be cute for you but not for others. And the dog automatically assumes, what he can do to you, he can do to others too.

“Why do you feed dogs? I hate when you feed them near our house, they come every day and litter here and there. They are so dirty and nasty creatures. If you want them, keep them in your house.” Your neighbor must have complained. In such cases, give him a big smile and tell him:

• First of all it is illegal to threaten, abuse or harass dog feeders/care takers under Section 506 Indian penal court act. The court has termed feeding of animals as social service and any person obstructing this shall be prosecuted and the police shall be deemed to protect such social activists.
• Under Section 428/429 Indian penal court act it is illegal to harm, hurt, poison, hit, harass or kill any animal.
• It is illegal to relocate dogs from their original territory under AWBI dog rules 2001.
• One pair of rat can multiply up to 35,000. Remember the 1994 plague in Surat (Gujarat)? The main cause was due to rats! Rats dying and rotting in gutter.
• Most and foremost reason why the dogs must stay there is because not you, but they and their ancestors have been living and guarding these lands. Just because they have agreed to share their land with you shouldn’t make you such a butthole.

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Rape - Origin

Prologue

So where does this all start? People who want to think can come with me to the very start. To that spark which ultimately turns into a fire and results into a big havoc. Is it the education? No, a lot of educated men eve tease, many literate men have raped. The upbringing? Come on, I mean, if your dad was a drunkard you would eventually end up being drunkard? You can choose not to be. Or even if your parents didn't teach you anything or if you were an orphan doesn't mean you would turn out to be bad person some day. Think about it from other perspectives. The surroundings? Friends? Nowhere the answer can be found. Perhaps we didn't rewind the whole thing here. Lets go before the time "the rapist" was born. 

Obviously it has to do something with the "women are physically weaker than men" phrase, which is ongoing since the birth of since. So why are females considered to be weaker than males? and why aren't men getting raped as much as females are? 

Someone told me once that women are treasure and thus, we should protect them like we protect diamonds and jewels in our safe. Our daughters, sisters, wives are to be locked inside the house like we lock our money and other valuables. What the fuck? - was the shortest expression I got when I heard that statement. From the beginning we all know, that females are thought to be like baby producing machine or, if microwave ovens were invented in stone age they would have been synonyms with women. Hey! cook me "this". You got 30 minutes and 'beep' your meal is ready. 

Oh, that reminds me about a famous 'practice' which was like - if your husband is dead, then you're good for nothing, woman. So jump into the fire girl. No, I don't care if you are 16 year old and mother of 2 cute little babies. You gotta melt right now. And then we will worship you and you will be called... 

Sati.

The term is derived from the original name of the goddess Sati, also known as Dakshayani, who self-immolated because she was unable to bear her father Daksha's humiliation of her (living) husband Shiva. The term may also be used to refer to the widow. The term sati is now sometimes interpreted as "chaste woman". Sati appears in both Hindi and Sanskrit texts, where it is synonymous with "good wife"; the term suttee was commonly used by Anglo-Indian English writers.

The above definition is courtesy of Wikipedia. 

Remember, we are still talking about the idea (the spark). Okay so we are living in modern times. Sati was in like dark ages, we are good human beings now. Its banned and all that bullshit??! The idea back then was the same which is now, human beings with breasts and vagina are men's property and should be treated like 'property'. *pukes*

Now that we have gone that far lets go to the great Roman empire. Where rape (or raptus) was defined as abduction of a female which was to be treated as theft. Like some robber breaks into your house and steals your plasma TV and shit. Although the punishments of such crimes were harsh (like mutilation) back then but hey the idea remains the same. Your woman is your property. It was not until 15th century that rape was distinguished from abduction and sexual assault. 

Okay now, lets come back to India since we live here. According the Thomas Reuters foundation survey - India is the fourth most dangerous place for a women to live. Reasons? 

1. Honor killing: Practiced mostly in northern parts of India. Where if you are bold enough to elope with our lover, regardless of your gender. You get killed. Murdered? By your own father. 

Well, I don't know girl if that is better or is it better that you were victim of ...

2. Abortion: No you weren't born and your family members thought it was good idea to get you out of the safest place in the world, by burning you with acid or surgically remove you and throw you in garbage bin or isolated pond. 

3. Acid throwing: Remember the Sonali Mukherjee case. Hell yes, she got to meet Amitabh Bachchan and Lara Dutta, but the offenders got bail. What did they got bail from? A clumsy sentence of 9 years. Well her face is still disfigured and her family is practically living in poverty because they spent all their savings on her treatment. Figures of "reported" acid throwing cases? I don't even wanna tell you, Google it and be shocked. 

4. Eve teasing: Now, like most of you, I thought this term was short form of Evening teasing or something like that. But 'Eve teasing' the term, originated in India. Eve is in reference to Bible's Eve. Like Adam & Eve. According to the definition. Eve is the temptress and is responsible for this teasing, Like by wearing jeans n skirts, going to discos. And some wise man said if Eve is eating chowmein it would most likely result into teasing. Well, a lot of reforms are taken for stopping it but the punishment is for now just public humiliation. Like the offenders are made 'murga' in public. But how many Eve teasers are caught actually? 

5. Domestic Violence: I am not going to explain this to you, its just same ol women are property - mindset people. This kind of assault are most likely to go unreported and solved within family (I don't know why I used the term 'solved' here). 

6. Rape: We will talk about this later ... oh you wanna talk now? "Theek hai"

So let us all bring up all the cases. Damini's case. The Park street, Kolkata case of 2009, Rape of Imrana in 2005 mother of 5 who was told by her village panchayat that according to Quran since her father in law has had sexual intercourse with her, she is to be considered as her father in law's wife and her husband will be treated as her son from now on. How about Thangjam Manorama case of 2004, where she was raped and shot in her back, buttocks, stabbed in her genitals and thrown dead naked on a road outside village by Army personnel of Assam. How many of you know about the Sari Nair's scandal. Its called scandal because it involved about 5 or 6 'influential' monsters. Tulsa Thapa case of 1982? She was 12 when she was trafficked from Kathmandu and until she was rescued she had STDs and tuberculosis which led to her death. Suryanelli case of 1994 when she was raped by 42 men in 40 days. 2009 Shopian Rape and Murder case where two girls aged 24 (two months pregnant) and 17 year old were raped and murdered brutally. And all those other cases in which the offenders either got away or the case is still hanging midst of the law's weighing scale or they got a sentence of 4 - 10 years in prison and fine of 50,000 Rs.? 

Conclusion

This frikkin "IDEA" which interprets as- do whatsoever to a girl and we will go unpunished or treat them as you wish, is the real culprit here. NOTE that here not just men but also many women are involved during the happening of rape. Also note that its the mothers teaching their daughters "Beta, don't stay out after dark."

Men raping or assaulting women are not men agreed. But where do all so called "Mard" go when such incidents are about to happen? Or when they witness such happenings? India is my country, All Indians are my Brothers and 'Sisters'. Wait, if you're waiting for the government, its not going to happen. Yes you can raise your voice and protest while the politicians make remark as "Painted and Dented" "Skirt aur Disco jane wali ladkiyan" "Girls freely interacting with boys" and then say "Oh! sorry I didn't want to hurt your sentiments" and get away with it. 

And girls of Bharat. You are 'Sati Savitri' who was avatar of Durga. Remember Durga? Even Lord Shiva couldn't get away with her fire power and was forced to bent. Because she knew how to fight against evil. Damini is a martyr because she fought, she kept fighting. She fought with those monsters. But they took over. She fought with Death but he took over too. Teach your son not to Rape? HELL YEA!! But teach your daughter how to self defend themselves. 

You think if the punishment is severe Rapes would stop or reduce? We will see. What I think is the rapist doesn't think "If i rape I will get jailed for 10 years, right that's passable" NO! They fucking think they will get away with it unscratched!! That's what a murderer thinks. Hell that's what even a suicide bomber thinks, that he will murder bunch of innocents and he will get away with it and earn the pleasure of heaven. 

I don't even wanna measure the stupidity of people who have commented about a girl being modern, wearing skirt, eating chowmein or being friendly with men. Tell them to fucking answer about 2 year old getting raped by their uncles and fathers because they had seen her changing diapers or how does a 60 year old woman gets raped? To all such people who made this comment or have such mindset: Chill bro! Its not your fault. Its factory manufacturing defect. 

Kill this Idea! Teach your elders... no SHOW the elders and the orthodox that you can return at 3 o clock at night Unharmed. Oh did you know? Women in Indian Military are not allowed to go into combats? No I am not telling you to join the armed forces and prove them you're strong. But make sure you go ga ga over all the nail polish and Justin Bieber and Twilight but also learn how to defend yourself.  Make sure when you tie a rakhi on your brother's wrist, he promises to protect you. This is the time you gear up and castrate the eve "teasers" yourselves so that they write a book on "101 ways on how not to fuck with a woman." Teach your daughters to wear what they like and handle themselves on certain situations. Demand physical defense training in the schools where your daughter/sister goes. 

There are other ways to tell the world you're not a property. Be creative and find ways to do that. 

And men? You are supposed to be neutered if you see a crime happening and not do something to stop it right there. You should think yourselves permanently exiled from the category of "man" if you are one or combination of Gandhiji's 3 monkeys. You are a nobody if you never missed going to college on Valentines day or Friendships day but never stepped foot on school or college in Rakshabandhan. 

Remember. Kill the Idea...

Breaking conventional resume methods

It's so amazing what you can do with conventional things. Breaking rules is something what everyone likes. Its sad that you have to upload your resumes and bio-data in plain word documents, where you try so hard to make it attractive, in vain. Well if you are a graphic or web designer your world doesn't have any boundaries, specially when it comes to anything which is to be presented via computer. Here is an example of what I did to my resume. 

Sadly, till now most of the job sites don't approve resume uploads on any other format except .doc, .pdf, or other conventional methods. Anyways, no harm in sending a personal mail to amaze your future employer right?

resume of Prashant