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Kerala Dream State

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Kerala Dream State Happy 2013 from Kerala! I fear it might be same old, same old for our canine friends here. The Dogs of India When one has a moment these creatures seem to materialise in the consciousness. They are mainly abject creatures. I have seen two stretched out stone dead on the N47 highway. One at Kallamballam, a black one, with a trail of blood behind and its stomach out; the second, a sand-coloured mutt outside my apartment here in Vazhamuttom. Both appeared pugnacious in death, their lower jaws protuberant, cartoon like, dense-looking with the lower canine standing to attention for the last time. As a person uninterested in pets it struck me what a tough life these dogs live. Often they sleep on the central reservation, or under cars and beside the road perfectly camouflaged in sandy-coloured leaves so that an unsuspecting car could easily roll onto them. They are suspicious of affection. The young ones have the most beautiful golden mustard eyes, l