The Dog incident

Read this article on times of india today about a dog dying after it bit a man in Chandigarh. "Dog dies after biting judge" was the very creative and apt headline that would have caught any reader's attention. Apparently, the man, a judge no less, was performing social service in Chandigarh and this stray dog walked by, bit his leg and died. Being a victim of dog bites myself (twice), I can imagine what the judge must have felt. But the dog's death after the bite is preposterous and warrants a blog entry (Heck!! if this story can make the front page of a leading newspaper, it definitely deserves a blog entry).

To add a twist to this story, it has been reported that, after the incident occurred, a team immediately reached the spot to capture the dog and the dog died in their custody. At first glance, it seems like the dog died after biting what must have been one hell of a toxic human leg. But having followed Indian media during the recent terror attacks in Mumbai and learning to dramatize any incident, here's what I think actually happened. After capturing the dog, the special team established that the dog had links with elements in Pakistan. The dog, whose name has been with held by RAW for security reasons, was taken into custody and interrogated. The experience gained in interrogating the recently captured terrorist, 'Kasab' was ruthlessly applied in this case. Periods of physical abuse accompanied by starvation and psychological torture was used. Apparently the dog denied any links to LeT, ISI or the local municipal dog pound. But the torture continued nonetheless and the dog succumbed to its injuries. The dog was also identified as being of Islamic faith and unconfirmed reports have said that Dayanand Pandey's men were part of the special teams which captured the dog. Clearly, the poor dog has become the victim of a god-man's Dogma!!. Pandey denies any involvement, but in typical George Bush like reaction, the Bush govt has intervened and seeing this as an act of discrimination has denied US visa to Narendra Modi for the next 10 years. Modi was stunned at this move by the Bush govt, but hopes that the Obama govt will revoke this ban.

After learning about the dogs death and leaked reports of the dogs' innocence, people became agitated and held morchas in front of random politicians' house all over Kerala. Medha Patkar has also been informed of the incident and she will soon be holding a hunger strike along the banks of a yet to be identified river, but people suspect it could be Narmada. There have also been reports from Tamil Nadu, that the dog has become a hero and the Tamil Nadu govt is considering building a temple in its name (once the name of the dog is released by RAW). A plot of land has already been identified for the temple and is said to be next to the temple dedicated to Khushboo (for obvious muslim connection).

Amidst all this, the judge who was bitten by the dog, has been completely forgotten and is pissed at the media for not covering his side of story and hence denying him an opportunity for some sympathy money from the Chandigarh govt.