This morning, my apartment owner came up to me and said, “Now, you cannot keep this dog in the house anymore. The BBMP has made a new rule.” She was pointing at Frejya, my Indie (stray) dog.

She also insisted that I had to give up my other dogs and keep just one at home. Despite trying to explain to her that according to the draconian and utterly inhumane rule proposed by the

BBMP, I could, in fact, keep one dog and that the byelaw is still under public consultation, she was not ready to hear me out. The damage had been done. She had made up her mind and expects

me to abandon my dog.