Squared it with a dog...

It took such a long time... to write something.

Something..which may appear very trifle , insignificant.. but worth the mention nonetheless.

The reason it took such a big gap to publish a blog..that too on such a trivial matter... is unknown even to me & I have dared not delve into it. Let it be ... It is time to celebrate , I finally sqaured things with that...that...dog.

Yes, so what it is a street-dog... every time I drove past that narrow patch of the road from my building to the outside world... I was nervous...I was skeptical... apprehensive about it blocking my way ,chasing my bike ... or probably catching hold of my leg in it's canine way... & every time I crossed that patch ..I held my feet up.. in order to avoid it ...sometimes took a roundabout route... and sometimes waited for it to get dark... so as to make an easy escape.. but every effort to avoid it was futile. It could smell me from miles... It knew I was coming ..to avoid it... as I could sense it coming as well.. a latent fear...

What if I stopped and faced it..what would be the consequence ? would it bite me ? Or.. Bark...? But whatever happens it would not chase again... never ever... but my mind did not even want to think of that possibility. The mere possibility of confrontation.

But... I had my chance... and I accidentally chanced upon it... it was there waiting .. probably for me ..or someone like me.. there is no dearth of such people ..ready to get intimidated...just for a moment it took it's eyes off and I knew that was the opportunity!

I turned the accelerator to full throttle... and whooshed past it...caught by surprise, It went away yowling.. the same dog.. who was the cause of my fear... was now.. barking at me helplessly.. gave a futile try at chasing my bike... we both knew that it was the last time it did that. If it ever tried to block my way again... I really don't know what would happen. But , I was sure this was a one time fix. Would it stop chasing people now ? No way, that was his job... to intimidate.. at the bigining of the ride, to seed a doubt in mind. It had nothing to do with an individual... it was a phenomenon, which everybody had to overcome, to reach the destination.

These days , I see that dog going off the way when I go by... as if bowing to me and I ride with my foot locked on the gear .. and head high!