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The friendly neighborhood dog

If you are a resident of Bangalore for more than two years, you'd know what I'm talking about. The friendly neighborhood dog. Every locality in Bangalore, be it from the high-end Kormangala to the (dirty) Shivaginagar, from the classic Indiranagar to the ahem Mudalpallya, there is a friendly neighborhood dog. Unless, you have one of those bungalows where dogs have a separate room. Whatever! My friendly neighborhood dog. Name: Moosa. (Moo as in, Chocolate Mo usse.) A funny name. Yes. I wish I knew the origin of that name. Age: Ah, old enough. How did Moosa end up in our locality? A sad story. Read on. There lived a family in the adjacent road of ours. Husband, wife, two kids. They owned Moosa. Moosa like any other street dog would have those, what you call, dog-fights with other dogs. Return home, hurt and limping. The family never cared. All they said was 'inn yennu kelsaa nai ge.' If this sounds like a composition by a 1st std kid, I'm sorry. Its the best I can wr...