GIZMO AND NAMASMARAN: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Gizmo; commanded love and pampering! His presence, which exuded his emotions without words, was extraordinarily cheerful, vitalizing; and elevating. His every gesture exuded immense love and involvement in us. His looking, His licking, his rubbing, his asking for food, his asking for going out; and in fact everything; had a subtle power to exalt us beyond our linguistic prison.

I can never pin point the element that captivated us in his love and care. He became the most important �person� of attention and adoring of all of us!

When Gizmo was transferred to kennel everyone felt as if a lump of his/her flesh was lost! Tears gathered in my eyes, with deep sense of loss!

Gradually and with great difficulty I articulated my own feelings and dialogued with myself. I tried to decipher my relationship with Gizmo; and re-explored the genuine, innocent and spontaneous love, to which the deep shelf of my heart had been deserted. Because of Gizmo; I could now breathe the unspoken and hidden spring of unconditional and unhesitating love in my heart.

I realized the petty subjectivity, vanity and mediocrity; in my indifference to; and trivialization of animals.

In my craving to do something for Gizmo; after his demise; I began to remember the name of God; for universal justice and welfare; and especially for all the living beings, which cannot speak!