" Helping the weak will make you stronger "- Anonymous
" It's our duty to love the unloved, help the helpless and bring hope to the hopeless "- Anthony Douglas
Helplessness is a feeling that can never be expressed in words how
helpless exactly do you feel at that moment. It makes you feel how incapable
you are of doing something that is needed to be done at that very moment.
Helping the helpless and needy is not something that you are
forced to do, that's your own call. Somebody may ignore and somebody may put
all their efforts to help out. No one is going to label the one who stepped
back from helping as an Antisocial or a sociopath, but the ones who put their
steps forward to help will be remembered always. Thye are not going to get
rewarded by a Nobel prize or a Paramveer Chakra, still they will be the heroes,
for those who were helped out and for many of us. There's a saying- " your
behavior is your identity", which perfectly fits in such cases.
If you help someone, don't long for a favor in return; Do it for
your own satisfaction and inner peace. Expectations may hurt sometimes. 😊
It's a small incident that took place a few days back, but the
problem behind that incident doesn't seem so small. I am a Dog lover to the
core and this incident is about a dog in a shelter and me.
There's an NGO of animals in Guwahati , VIP Road namely
"People For Animals" where many cats, dogs and cows are kept in
the shelter. I had a truly horrible experience that day. There was a Labrador Retriever (Dog breed) kept in that shelter, which was handed over to the NGO by the owner because of his aggressive behavior. That dog tends to bite when someone wants to get closer or touch him. I don't own a four-wheeler vehicle. That's why I decided to bring him in a cab by putting a muzzle on him so that the driver and myself can be safe and remove the muzzle as soon as I reach home. I think that doesn't make me a Dog-Hater.
Few days back I called up the caretaker guy named Mr. Hamid and he talked about handing over the dog to me by himself and that morning (24th Dec 2017) I asked him again about handing over the dog by himself, then he said that I will have to pay his carrying charge. I said OK (though actually i would bring him myself, asked Mr. Hamid just for my back up plan if by chance I couldn't make it) .
Few days back I called up the caretaker guy named Mr. Hamid and he talked about handing over the dog to me by himself and that morning (24th Dec 2017) I asked him again about handing over the dog by himself, then he said that I will have to pay his carrying charge. I said OK (though actually i would bring him myself, asked Mr. Hamid just for my back up plan if by chance I couldn't make it) .
That guy told me to talk with the in-charge of that NGO to discuss
all the formalities. Her name is Some Goswami, I don't exactly remember her
name. Neither do I feel so important to remember now. I called her up asking
about the formalities involved. She said just my presence would be enough to
carry that dog home. I said I stay at Jalukbari and it'll take me sometime to
reach that place (that NGO). She said she was getting late and asked me to come
as early as possible. I dressed up and went out my the house immediately. When
I reached Lokhra she called me up saying that I can't take him home. I asked
her what's wrong. She then started something like this "You can not
take that dog home, You are afraid that's why you're putting a muzzle on him.
Where do You stay? What do You do? What's your father? " I
answered all of them honestly even if she was talking to me very rudely.
Then again she said "Where will you keep him? within the compound?
outside house to have him bitten by the mosquitoes ? I'll not give you the dog).
Still I was fine thinking that they might do it to everyone to check whether
the person is really interested to adopt or not. She asked where I have reached
, I said" just crossed Lokhra". I asked her to wait for half an hour
more. Then she rudely replied "Why would I wait ? Who the hell are
you ? If you want the dog, come to my residence at Uzan Bazar and How much will
you donate ? Donation is must. If you can't donate (money) then you can not
take the dog home ".
This is her, Mrs. Goswami. in-charge of PFA Ghy. I was not at
all expecting her to be this rude and non-sense, she being **SO CALLED**animal
lover and the owner of an NGO. She is exploiting people in the name of donation
and keeping the animals away from the animal lovers. Even the shelter is not clean
enough to be visited and Mrs. Goswami hardly visits that place. Some strict
actions should be taken against that NGO to help those poor little babies.
There's a facebook page "People for Animals Assam".
Please check out the reviews posted on that page for better analysis.
"Help the Helpless"- It's a shoutout to all. Do take an
initiative to bring a change. Do comment your suggestions or share views.
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