All that Pet's love

 A new year brings new dreams and new hopes for one and all. People who have pets also dream of getting solutions to many of their parenting problems. So this year the pet parents will be more than ever comforted when they learn about the enthusiastic duo team, who will help them through all their pet related chores from now on.

These two are from Mumbai, but would love to be of help to pet parents all over the pet world. They are two dedicated souls come together for this purpose as they both are equally passionate about this choice of career. Their names are Amit and Aisha. Amit is actually a professional photographer. He has learnt at the National institute of photography, Mumbai. He says, 'Though photography is my basic career and I still have to progress a lot in that sphere, my true calling in life I realized is to train animals and do a deep study of their behaviour patterns and I am pursuing further studies in exactly those steps. I feel strongly that aggressive animals can be taught to overcome their hostile attitudes, only with certain techniques which are coupled with deep love in the heart of the trainer."

He has always lived with animals. Hailing from the rustic outskirts of Mumbai he has rescued injured birds and puppies and then he also has his own Mahim apartment from where he continued his work by helping NGOs which work for the welfare of animals.

He once rescued a Kite from a lamppost whose wings were hurt and entangled in a wire up there. He climbed up and brought the kite down safely. Amit has done professional pet photography and trained a large number of different types of pets, but one startling fact is the way animals are drawn towards him and listen to him like a Guru.

He is a certified and practicing trainer and will soon be a behaviorist learning under Shirin Merchant (Who is considered to be holding the best behaviorist training in India).

 Amit has had six dogs of his own of which two are no more. But all of them except one are rescues. Three Indies, one husky female, one Pressa Caneiro and one Indie mix. While bringing up such varied breeds, he realized that a pet parent would love to get help in many ways so he hit upon this idea of training other dogs and this is how his journey started. Walking the dogs is an everyday affair and while on such walks there are cordialities exchanged by pet parents, along with talks about the difference in breed and upbringing is normal. Through such meets and pet parent groups he met Aishwarya and soon they realised they were walking the same path. Aishwarya, a NIFT graduate in accessories design has already worked in a pet company as well as other product companies. She has two lovely pets at home both adopted a Golden Retriever and a Labrador retriever. She says, " My love for dogs and other animals was gradual as it was inculcated in me by my parents who love animals too and my first memory was that I decided to stop bursting crackers as it's harmful for the environment and scares animals all due to the sensitization at home. I feel parents as well as schools should instill love for animals in the minds of school going children right from the beginning by giving guidance in the right direction. So that's also on my to do list ie 'Workshops to educate students against animal cruelty and towards compassion'. I also

understood a lot  about animals when we adopted our first pet dog who is a Golden Retriever. I felt that animals deserve a lot more importance in our human dominated world. I have seen mom's fussing over their kids and indulging them. Lucky for them all facilities and accessories are available for human kids but pets don't have it all good and rosy. It's sad that in spite of so many people opening pet shops and other facilities there is still a lacuna here. Pet parents need to be advised and helped all along. Many parents abandon their pets due to ignorance." Aishwarya too diverted her plans from being just another product designer to work towards focusing on designing products for animals. Moreover she being a sensitive girl feels touched when she sees pets being tied or hit by pet parents. She says they need counseling and she is also offering this service

 Aishwarya is also proud of having helped like-minded friends in rescue work and once searched for and found a lost Shelter dog.

 All said and done it's now a combined purpose to be accomplished as well as a profession for this couple to offer services in pet photography, basic and advanced behaviour training, pet products, counseling and a lot more.

It is not just to earn from the society that this overzealous couple has conceptualised this idea, it is also to give back to a largely less favoured section of our world.

                  by Supriya Bhonsle

Where no animal is “more” equal

In a very quiet serene private farm located in a very bustling Virar city area at the outskirts of Mumbai (Maharashtra), four retired canine soldiers were sent to spend their last few years. They were none other than the four canines that played a key role in the 26/11 terror attack operations in 2008, the dog squad, which helped the Mumbai police detect explosives and minimize casualties in the attack which killed more than 160 people and injured 300. After serving the Mumbai police for a decade, the four dogs namely Ceasar, Max, Tiger and Sultan retired in May 2015 and lived peacefully their last few years under the care of animal lover and activist Mrs Fizzah Shah at her Fizzah Farm.
Fizzah has the aura of a strong person, who has loved animals all along from the depth of her heart and whose objective in life is to take as many needy animals under her care.
Fizzah’s farm homes an ensemble of birds and animals, all of them rescued from various hard situations, but now at peace and far from harm. There are some 350 animals in her farm, all of which are diligently cared for, which include birds and marine life, all of which are rescued.
According to Fizzah, “I have many abandoned dogs under my care. They have emotions and are badly affected physchologically.. They can’t speak ,but express their turmoil through their eyes and behaviour. They have to be comforted and given time to adjust to new surroundings. At my farm  we  give them their freedom and love to heal their wounded spirits”
Though she can’t be at her farm all the while, she is in constant touch with her assistants and keeps discussing with them about the various items needed on the farm or about the upcoming activities to be organized on the farm. She sees to it that prompt medical aid is given to them if needed. She personally supervises and gives that loving touch to each and every animal at her farm with no discrimination. Every weekend she checks on them and attends to each of them. She has helping hands at her farm, who are also her family. They are the ones who tend to her farm in her absence. Whilst celebrating festivals at the farm, she makes it a point to give a break to her staff and she herself prances and enjoys with them all in tow. One day she got a call from an animal lover, saying that a bull was behaving strange in Dombivli area. She was asked to come and take a look. She picked up the bull from there as it needed medical attention at the earliest and brought it to her farm. As it was very difficult to handle and wouldn’t yield to any pressure, she named him Toofan. The doctor examined Toofan and he was better for a while. Later he ate as Fizzah fed him herself. But in a few days he expired. Many rescues came and stayed, some died, but none were sent away. Fizzah gives all her animals the best food, part of which is grown at her own farm. She has an organic vegetable farm too in this region. She personally works on this cultivated land and helps in the harvesting of the produce. The food thus prepared is very healthy and nutritious.
Back at home, in her Worli residence, she has homed 20 cats and 3 dogs and feeds the strays outside her home too. Her love for animals can be traced when she was a young girl, silently objecting to eating meat at home. She feels very firmly “I can’t eat my friends” and so she grew up getting closer to her animal friends as years passed.
Her good work is appreciated by many as she has helped too many people who needed help with rehabilitating rescued animals.
Fizzah Shah is a busy woman, juggling between her various responsibilities, to being in charge of a huge farm with so many farm animals. All said and done, she still does keep some 'time to stand and stare’.. this is a virtue which is rarely seen in today’s times.
Fizzah has never chosen her animals as all those under her care have come to her as refugees or as rescues. She says that she finds all of them to be lovely whether small or big, young or old, healthy or not.
She has space for her goats,  donkeys, cows, rabbits, and her dogs to run freely on her farm. She has welcomed with open arms birds rescued by others who are also now a part of her farm. She has a special place for all these not only on her farm, but also in her heart. In Fizzah’s opinion Animal communication is a very simple relation one develops with animals while loving them, feeding them and caring for them. They understand this language alone and communicate by licking, wagging tails or by simply jumping in happiness at seeing the person concerned, thereby acknowdegling that they love you and have faith in your love. The scene at Fizzah’s farm reflect her thoughts and  is a serene place where the flowers whisper tales of love. As one plans to leave this animal farm the heart and soul plead to stay on.  It’s a garden in likeness to, where ‘all animals are loved equally and no animal is more equal’. The tranquility is felt as soon as one enters until one departs and it’s just an everlasting feeling of happiness.

  by Supriya Bhonsle

Looking beyond Horizons – Doctor Pallavi Kelkar

In this world of varying attitudes towards animals, there are some of a kind who are predisposed to be in the company of animals and birds and work towards their well-being. Pallavi Kelkar, a veterinarian at Happy Tails Hospital in Mumbai, loved animals right from her childhood. This reminds one of a line from a famous poem by the nature poet William Wordsworth, which can be quoted thus, ‘ The child is the father of man’. As observed by the elders at home, even as a toddler, Pallavi used to insist on being taken to a park close to home to be able to pet the dogs who were regularly walked there. She was very comfortable touching injured birds and animals, while many others at her age then would refrain from doing so. As an adolescent, she would love to watch in awe senior veterinarians treating their patients. In spite of being so drawn to the world of ‘treating and healing’ animals, she initially decided to take another career path namely that of Physiotherapy. But Doctor Umesh Karkare, founder and director of Happy Tails, whom she used to visit, had already recognized the innate ability in her and advised her to study Veterinary Science. Since taking that decision, there was no looking back for Pallavi as she completed her bachelors in Veterinary Science from Bombay Veterinary College and her VSc (Surgery and Radiology) from the college of Veterinary and animal sciences University. For five years she honed her skills as an apprentice undergraduate student in Happy Tails Veterinary Services, before joining it full-fledged in August 2015. In all humility, the soft spoken and highly qualified doctor says that she is still learning and can’t yet call herself a specialist. She has great regard and respect for Doctor Umesh Karkare and says, “Dr Karkare has been my mentor even before I came into this profession. He always encourages me to push beyond my limits and pursue new and better ways of doing things. I really admire his work-ethics and the kind of hard work that he puts into everything he takes up”. She also appreciates the whole-hearted support given to her by her parents, once they realized that their daughter had found her calling in pursuing this career. Pallavi is not only passionate about her work, but also is quick at diagnosing the issue accurately, even though her patients are unable to verbally describe their plight. Accurate diagnosis is the precursor to optimum treatment and recovery. One case she reminisces about is of a puppy rescued on the Bombay- Goa highway, which the rescuer had named ‘Bombay’. Bombay had to be operated for a stone stuck in her intestines. She was operated and in a month’s time recovered completely and got adopted into a good family too. There was another of 3 baby squirrels stuck on the sticky rat trap. Along with a few of her colleagues had to free them out of the adhesive and then sponged them with warm water with a little detergent in it. According to Dr Pallavi faith in a doctor’s capability also helps in the recovery of a patient with the most complicated medical issue. She cites a case, when she was doing her thesis in ophthalmology in Kerala. “One case that I remember was one tiny Pug puppy Mia, who had gotten a very bad corneal ulcer. In Kerala people used to come from far off places to the Government hospital that we worked in. Post-op care after eye surgery is extremely important. They used for constant follow-ups whenever they were called. Mia’s eye recovered beautifully. The faith and trust they had shown in us to save her eye was amazing”. She feels that no other profession would have offered her so much experience and learning as this in which she has treated almost all kinds of animals namely dogs, cats, rabbits and birds and many more and a wide variety of medical conditions too. In this technologically advancing world, good hearted Doctor Pallavi is happy that on a large scale pet animals are getting better medical facilities and post-operative care, but she also believes that the overwhelming number of street dogs and cats need to be tended to as well. She says, “Though it’s not practical to rescue and rehome each and every one of them, the least people can do in housing societies is, they can collectively feed and take care of a few dogs and cats of their locality, take them for regular checkups and vaccinations to a vet and get them sterilized for sure. So that we can create a safe haven for them right here in our own localities”

Looking ahead, there is hope in her young eyes of a better tomorrow as her prognosis of tomorrow’s society is that attitudes are changing towards the positive and a lot of kind-hearted animal lovers are taking the initiative of holding adoption camps and many common folk as well as personalities getting in, outdoor cats and dogs and giving them a good life and some day she wishes to adopt one too, when of course the time is right.

                                                                                                                                 By Supriya Bhonsle

Shailesh Chowatia's Bird and Animal Helpline- A unique venture

                 

Sailesh Chowatia takes tremendous pride in calling himself a Jain as he truly believes in all its principles and follows them to the tee, considering that it teaches its followers not to harm even the tiniest of Gods creatures. He as a school going child, would pick up injured birds and nurse them to health and leave them back to their natural environment. As he grew up to be a young lad he took the help of a few of his friends and worked with greater devotion towards Animals and Birds. People then started approaching him with problems and he took on more helping hands, till finally he started his own “Bird Helpline”.
This Helpline is managed by his assistants round the clock. There is a number available, on which anyone who notices a distressed bird or animal can call. Once the Helpline receives the details about the victim, they immediately send help to the requested location. Either Veterinary Doctors or ambulances    and trained nurses are sent with medicines to treat the animal or bird. Once treated, very often a few more medicines are given to the care takers to ensure that the course of medicines is fully completed.  Many a time there are repeat visits by Vets to check the progress. There is group created on the popular ‘what’s app’ application called “The Bird Helpline Follow up” which takes the feedback through various volunteers. Due to the efficiency of execution of the entire process, all the clients are happy and grateful too.
One such grateful resident of Mumbai Ms Utkarsha Naik says her call for help for a burns victim not only got immediate help, but also got full support till the dog fully recovered. “BirdHelpline has always been quick to respond and a boon to people who aren’t trained to treat animals on the road in distress.” Saileshbhai speaks of various difficult cases which were miraculously healed by his persistence. Two cases that were brought to him on two different occasions were Golu and Hope. Some miscreants threw acid on their faces as a part of their festivities and they could have been scarred for life. But Saileshbhai took them to the best vets in Town. One name which is pronounced often when such cases come up is Dr Dave from Kandivli who not only treated them, but also carried out a reconstructive surgery on their faces. Dr Dave says, “ Both these dogs were victims of extreme abuse by humans when Birdhelpine came to  the rescue . Birdhelpline is a unique service, the brainchild of Mr Shailesh”. Once Saileshji saw a small puppy on the road who looked very ill. It was very serious, such that veterinary docs refused to touch him and told him it wouldn’t survive. But Saileshji said he would try his best and only the will of God could decide the little one’s fate. So he tried various therapies and took him to many vets of which one finally agreed to treat the child. God’s will worked positively and the puppy became hale and hearty. Once more a miracle only due to the   perseverance of Saileshji.  This kid Laalu lives just below Saileshji’s building and is loved by all the residents of his society. These miracles and many more encouraged his resolve to work harder for the street kids.
BirdHelpline headed by Shaileshji organized an anti-crackers drive just before Diwali to create awareness about how birds and animals are majorly affected by the loud noises, pollution and the fire emanating from bursting of fire crackers. Saileshbhai is very much for enjoyment during festivals and happy celebrations, but does emphasize that people should be responsible towards the environment.  Little baby birds who have lost their mother due to Kite flying festival are filled in his balcony and Shelter cages. Every now and then they have to be assured by a motherly touch that they are secure. They have to be fed and cleaned as any other child. His better half, Shradha takes it all in her stride. According to Shradhaji having so many sick birds at home was never a hurdle or a health threat to her little kids, as she always kept her home clean and mind clear of any doubts.
Another veterinarian Dr Khusboo who helps and supports Birdhelpline says “ Birdhelpline is a team effort of each person working for it. Right from Shailesh ji, Sonalben who receives the distress calls and makes arrangements, Harshbhai who organizes seminars and is an active member and a lot of others.”
Birdhelpline follows a definite protocol to carry out its mission to help each and every bird and animal in Mumbai. Shailesh Chowatia is determined to reach out to all who need him 24*7.
It is his dream for a big shelter which could include enough dog, cat, bird and cow friendly space which is top most on his priority list at the moment. A dream which he wants to make a reality in the near future. Cruelty towards animals could be curbed if Animal laws could become stricter or better still if each one follows his deeper conscience as Saileshbhai does, there would be no cruelty towards animals in the country.

Carry on Doctors by Prof Supriya Bhonsle

Life in a city is always so busy and happening. People seem to be on the run from dawn to dusk. In this rush and push in our concrete jungle most people tend to overlook the plight of animals who are struggling to survive on the streets. But yet there are a few animal lovers who do care, each in their own way. Feeding, cleaning and even treating them when needed are different ways adopted by these people who empathize with animals.
             While these are doing their bit, we have our team of two young and dashing veterinarians, who are selflessly working round the clock for our less noticed furry inhabitants. They are Dr Jinesh Shah and Dr Zenobia Chinoy working as a team, having the same goal of lessening the pain and increasing the life span of any animal that comes their way. It’s indeed a wonder, for friends who have known them for donkey’s years, how these two temperamentally different people came together and work in perfect co-ordination and utmost efficiency when it concerns saving the life of an animal. But perhaps, their different personalities help them to connect better and work as a unit for their joint cause.
               Dr Jinesh had first been shown the path by Doctor Kurush Mistry (reputed and a senior vet) whom he met when he was a teenager, who actually inspired him to become a doctor for animals. Dr Jinesh says “I did a lot as a teen, helping NGOs like IDA(In defence of animals) and later PALs (Plants and animals lovers society) but only getting formally educated in this field gave me that extra edge over others. As a certified veterinarian, I could do much more than I would, if I wasn’t”. He met Dr Zenobia at a very famous doc Siloo Bhagwager’s clinic in 2003. Both of them worked as volunteers in the events held by PALs (started by Doctor Siloo). They did learn a lot through this experience and also got together since then.
Doctor Zenobia is a gold medalist veterinarian from Mumbai University. She is excellent at her job and communicates very well with her patients so that they feel those positive vibrations that she gives them, through her healing touch. Both of them consider, their service to animals as their true love and their calling.
Dr Jinesh feels that female dogs and cats left by themselves get pregnant many times and each time the litter that comes into this world is unloved by most humans. These puppies or kittens have to go through a lot in their journey to adulthood and many don’t make it. The female who gives birth most of the time is under nourished herself and also undergoes the trauma of losing some of them by acccidents or human cruelty. So he has trained himself in the art of darting, such animals to make them unconscious and spay them for their own benefit and give them an improved life span. He doesn’t just do this instinctively, but after careful thought and the dose is put in the syringe to only put the dog to sleep for an hour or so till she is carefully taken by his ambulance to the hospital and is spayed. He then releases the dog back to the place from where he picked her up. As he is skilled and educated to do such a task, he is called by animal activists and NGOs to help them from almost all over India. Giving one’s whole and soul for domestic as well as wild animal kind is no easy task. This cannot be taken up by a commoner. This only can come from a person who has totally understood the pain and feels capable of relieving it. Both Drs fit the bill of excelling at their job. A lady who feeds dogs, once admitted one of her ailing dogs to the hospital where Dr Zenobia works. The dog was paralyzed below his waist. But to her amazement, the dog got miraculously got cured by the loving care that it got from Dr Zenobia, who nursed it back to health. Now the same dog walks freely on the streets healthier than before.
Such is the loyalty to their profession, which both the doctors share, which has held them firmly together for years and surely will continue to do so forever. In addition to organizing and volunteering at vaccination and sterilizing camps, working at animal hospitals and at their clinic, this duo has opened a shelter, for sick and healthy animals, in the area of South Mumbai. It is for providing a roof to those that need to be nursed and those whose mothers have been separated from them. Such good work, many a time gets overlooked. Yet a noble cause along with noble actions deserves adulation. Certainly these upright people have got the blessings of the good Spirits and at the destined moment their good work will come in the public eye. So ‘carry on your commendable work doctors’, you will achieve your objective of a much more animal sensitised balanced world shortly.

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Sheltering Man’s Angels

“The universe is under the control of a loving purpose and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels). Behind the harsh appearance of the world there is a benign power.” – Martin Luther King, Junior
     Last week I received a call from an animal lover. He told me that a Labrador mix was abandon ned by its parents on the streets. He asked me if I knew an NGO which could help. I said I would check and revert. The place was Naigaon (west). I asked a few friends and they gave me just one name, Mrs Amanpreet. I was told that she did animal rescue work. Later as I contacted her and spoke to her, I realized that I was talking to an incredible person. She lives in Naigaon (east), in the outskirts of Mumbai. She and her team comprising of her husband and daughter Simran together work for the welfare of animals. They aren’t well off, but their objective is to save the lives and secure a home for as many animals as they possibly can get. Their altruistic nature can be seen in their everyday schedule.
                                   Amanpreet wakes up early to plan and co-ordinate the activities for the day. Her husband and daughter feed breakfast (milk and biscuits), lunch and dinner to approximately 145 dogs in the area, the number which is ever increasing. At home she has a number of cats whom she personally feeds, cat food Whiskas. Precisely she has 6 dogs and 18 cats at her home, most of which she is treating for various ailments with the guidance of veterinarians who are accessible from her home. The rest of her dogs, 23 in number at her shelter at Naigaon (west), which is a bungalow she has taken on rent. She has hired a caretaker for those dogs too, as in her absence they need to be fed, walked and monitored. In the afternoon and night again father and daughter Simran go around feeding and medicating animals. All this seemed too astounding for me to believe, so I had to go and visit this place. A two hour long interview followed, through which I learnt a great deal more about this amazing family.
                                     Their story starts a few years ago, in 2007. Amanpreet’s daughter Simran brought a puppy home. A Pomerian mix who was being given for adoption. He was named Dodo. Amanpreet initially refused to accept an animal in her home, but later relented and became his mother too. While raising this little puppy she realized that there were many out there who too needed to be fed and be cared for. Her daughter, Simran once was led by a female dog to a place where her puppies were lying. It was the monsoon and Simran’s leg slipped in the stream from which she had rescued the pups. The mother of the puppies pulled Simran from the running stream by clutching to her pant and in turn fell into the stream herself saving Simran’s life, as a result losing her own. This episode stirred Amanpreet’s heart and she took it as a mission to save as many animal lives as she could. Her husband and her daughters are whole heartedly with her in this, though they shy away from the limelight.
                                      Amanpreet does all this work as she completely feels God has chosen them for this noble obligation and as she is grateful to the almighty for saving her daughter’s life. They all are God’s chosen ones working by his will. She never chains her dogs nor does she cage them. Even in her shelter, they roam freely inside. Only when they are walked outside they are leashed. Many a time while saving an injured dog, she has been badly bitten as a reaction from the agitated animals, but relentlessly and persistently, she continues in her mission, without complaint.
                                 Amanpreet and her family are few of the lot who have gone beyond their means to care for these suffering living beings, which she would call angels for mankind. But they feel they could do a lot more by some assistance in kind and money from understanding common folk. As she says, “Even one life shouldn’t go uncared for”. She considers animals to be angels, since they transform the lives of humans who care for them. They show us the true meaning of affection and attachment. She believes in only one religious principle of ‘being Humane’ and not in the classifications of caste and creeds. She wishes people would understand this and give each animal a home.
                                       Dogs are called man’s best friends as they stick by him through thick and thin and all in return for a little care that they get from their master. If man observes and understands animal language, he can be relieved of a lot of his worries. This bonding would be highly advantageous to both the sections. Most problems in man’s world are due to miscommunication after all. His angels exist all around him, ready to be at his side forever. All that is required are his discerning eyes, to recognize their true worth and take them in. Usually people pass the responsibility of good doing to another. But hopefully even if people could shell out a little each from their pockets, towards animal welfare, their kindness wouldn’t go in vain. Certainly the returns for the help offered as men could see it are the appreciative look these angels give you and the blessings which a kind soul receives from the Almighty.
To send help or support people can contact: Mrs Amarpreet  - 07276287976
                              Supriya Bhonsle

My Boy's mother - Supriya Bhonsle

On Mother’s day I couldn’t help but think of my boy’s mother. My boy was just a 3 month puppy when I adopted him. He was tame less then.  As soon he entered his new home, he just ran helter skelter. He dug on the beds and floor and bit into our furniture. A wild puppy, so as to say an unscrupulous guy. He bit us hard all over our hands and ran to bite every guest who visited us. He wouldn’t allow a guest to sit on any sofa or chair. He jumped to occupy it before they could. They had to stand. Such a mischievous brat. Undoubtedly he was a good looking puppy and now is very handsome.
                                                    I wondered how his biological mother must be like. Even passers by asked about his lineage. I didn't have any inkling about his past, but as I slowly got to know him, I realized how good his genes must be.  He must be the son of a most beautiful and intelligent mother. A most loving and courteous female retriever.  As he grew in our home, he showed so explicitly his almost human qualities. His understanding at the age of four to five months that he shouldn't dirty the home with his pee or potty or even his pukes. In just a month of coming home he realized how hard it could be for me to clean after him all the while.  He would try his very best to do it outside. Zorro jumping all over us to lick us when we returned from our work. His telling us not to fight with each other by barking. His licking us if he felt we are upset or hurt. His understanding if we aren’t ready to play with him due to pressures. All this showed his unconditional love and caring for each one of us in the family.
                                                             My boy’s mother is privileged to have given birth to him and unfortunate not to have him with her for long. She doesn't know his whereabouts. She doesn't know who took him away from her so suddenly. I would have loved to meet her and tell her that her son is safe. He changed houses, but is finally home.  He is taking care of himself and his forever family as well. He is following her principles and looking after his adopted mom. He has grown up from a mischievous puppy into a growling teenager and now is a mature and sober full grown adult. He being very protective of his Labrador sister and his human sisters, he makes us proud parents.
                                                                            Yet I feel environmental heredity and training though important play the second fiddle. .  I firmly feel genes play a major role in shaping ones personality.  I have a first-hand example here. Looking at him, I can imagine her, how she must be. She must be unquestionably well bred. Though she must be far away from him that is a bond which is unshakeable, her beauty and her values imbibed by him will stay with him forever. My boy’s mother is blessed and has blessed me with the most loyal son I could ever have wished for. I wish her on mother’s day by a promise, never to love her son less than she ever would, had she been with him, as from the day he entered my home, her son became my son. The rest is understood. ‘Happy Mother’s Day Zorro’s Mom’