Nigel, the three-legged cat
Mumbai, October 6, 2007: This is Nigel, the three-legged cat. He died yesterday, after being in and out of animal hospital for two months. A day before he died, I took this photo with my son Gattu in our building compound. To me, Nigel is a question-mark about the way I view life. Let me tell you why… but first, I must explain a bit about this kitten who may have been about five months old. “Leave him to die”… Two months ago while playing basketball, Gattu and I found Nigel in the bushes at 11 pm. As we stroked him, we realized that he was horribly injured — his paw hanging in bloody shreds. The stench of gangrene pervaded the air. We must have caused the little fellow a lot of pain by carrying him to a nearby bench to examine his paw under a light, but he was amazingly cooperative and trusting. We gave him some milk in a saucer and he eagerly lapped it up. My daughter Bloo and I thought it wasn’t worth trying t...