Insaan khilauna matti ka matti ka khilauna hai
Posted on: August 22, 2023
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Regulars of the blog would recall that I used to write a lots of posts about my pets between 2012 to 2014. The tales were amusing tales that some people may even dismiss as made up tales. But they were true tales. In one of the posts, I even put up a video link as proof to demonstrate that what I described in that post were facts and not fiction.
Life is about kabhi khushi kabhi gham. The first time of pet related gham came about in June 2012 when our pet cat nuppy expired. I shared the news with blog regulars in this post.
I notice (in hindsight) that I did not publish any more posts dedicated to my pets after the demise of nuppy. However, one post about my two surviving pets appeared in July 2014. During that time, we were introducing all our regular contributors to the blog. Sadanand jee decided that the contributions of my pets in the running of the blog too needed to be recognised. 🙂 So this post about my pets was not by me but by our regular contributor and fellow pets lover Sadanand Kamath jee. How very kind and considerate of him !
Though I continued to get lots and lots of interersting experiences with my pets, I was not able to summon the same creative juices that I possessed earlier and so I did not post any more pet related posts for nearly eight years. Some of the future posts did mention my pets in passing though, especially posts that described my transfers.
My next pet related post appeared in 2020. This post was to break the news of the demise of my other pet namely Chhote. That was in May 2020.
That left us with one surviving pet from the original three, namely Bhole.
Subsequently, my wife and daughter picked up a pup from the streets of Gorakhpur (where I was based at that time) and named her Izza. My daughter, while staying in her medical college hostel in Mumbai adopted a cat as pet. That cat was named as Bakhtawar Singh aka Bukky. That cat too came to live with us in Gorakhpur.
Lots of developments have taken place since. I have superannuated and retired from service in 2022. One of the major task that we needed to carry out before my superannuation was to ensure that our three pets were taken to Bhopal, where I was to settle down after retirement. Bukky, who had arrived from Mumbai to Gorakhpur by train with my daughter left for Bhopal with my wife and daughter by our car. We had arranged for a driver for this 1000 km long drive. While that driver drove around 700 km, my daughter drove for 300 km. That way the car as well as Bukky arrived at Bhopal. That was in february 2022, four months prior to my retirement.
The month of June 2022 was a very hectic month when I had to carry out all the important works including moving out my household items to Bhopal and vacate my official accomodation at Gorakhpur. I have described it in detail in this post.
The work that gave me the most satisfaction was the work of successfully tranporting the two dogs (Bhole and Izza) by train from Gorakhpur to Bhopal. It was a logistically challenging task. I have discussed the challenges involved in detail in that post.
For Bhole, it was his second train journey. His first train journey was from Bilaspur to Agra cantt in 2015. He was accompanied by Chhote on that occasion. I have discussed that episode in this post.
In Bhopal, I obviously led a retired life. My pets, Bhole and Izza too found themselves having to reconcile themselves to a more sedate life. In Gorakhpur, they would roam around freely in the vast premise (walled all over) as they wished. Here in Bhopal, they needed to be given their walks on the streets while tied up on their leashes. Running around freely was a thing of the past for them.
In order to give them their morning walks, I began to wake up early at 4 AM and take them for their walk, one dog at a time. Even before the morning, the two dogs would bark at night when they saw street dogs on the street infront of the residence. Their bark at night and other times irritated my wife who felt that their bark was disturbing the neighbours. It was my duty to wake up whenever the dogs barked at night and pacify the dogs.
All these disturbances at night plus taking them for their morning walk meant that I felt sleepy in day time. So taking an afternoon nap had become an absolute necessity for me which was not liked one bit by my wife. She felt that she was doing all the hard work of supervising construction work (the house was getting renovated/ expanded now that we had finally arrived to stay there permanently), while I kept sleeping.
The two dogs plus the cat coped well during all the disturbances caused by construction works being carried out. All three managed to escape out of the home on a few occasions giving us anxious moments before we finally managed to locate them, recapture them and bring them back home. Meanwhile we added another kitten, named Chinty, as our pet whom we found at the roof of our house. So we now had two dogs and two cats with us.
The pets needed to visit vets occasionally, either for vaccination or for other urgent reasons. The kitten (then not yet our pet) had to be taken to the vet when we found her sick on the roof of our home. She was dehydrated and needed urgent medical attention. She was given saline daily for a week. She began to respond to the treatment after three days and finally recovered fully. Now she is a healthy and naughty cat who has learnt her lesson. She drinks lots of water whenever she sees water.
Izza and Bukky needed medical attention only during routine occasions, viz vaccinations, but Bhole, the seniormost pet nearing 13 years of age needed regular medical attention. Itching was a constant problem for him and he needed attention for that wherever he stayed. Sometimes he would injure his skin while scratching it with his sharp teeth (hoping to relieve him of his itching), develop wounds and then he would need to be treated by the vet. Bhole first visited a vet (along with his fellow pets) as a pup in Nagpur. Subsequently, he visited vet hospitals in Bilaspur, Izatnagar and Gorakhpur. When Bhole was taken in the car then he knew that he was going to a vet. Unlike many dogs who were afraid of visits to the vet, Bhole looked forward to these visits to vets. Painful injections that most other dogs would be scared of were taken by Bhole without wincing. I would proudly inform this fact to the vet who would be nervous before giving the injection.
In Bhopal, we initially took our pets to Government Vet Hospital at Bhopal. But that was far off and inconvenient. We subsequently discovered a private vet located nearby. We found him quite good and competent. So we would take our pets to his clinic whenever required. His place was within 5 minutes drive from our residence. It was while getting Bhole treated that he suggested a change of diet for Bhole to rid him of his perennial itching problem. He suggested that instead of chicken (which seemingly Bhole was allergic of) he needed to be fed fish. So Bhole’s diet was changed. The changed diet seemed to work because Bhole’s itching problem stopped. Moreover, his hunger seemed good. He would finish off his meals eagerly and would still feel hungry. He began to seek something to eat in morning to, in addition to his two meals at noon and evening.
Ironically all that eating did not help his weight any. He was a slim dog right from the beginning. He weighed an estimated 24 KG during his prime. I say estimated because he would not allow himself to be lifted by one of us, which was a prerequisite for the combined weight to be taken on a scale. The human weight would then get subtracted from the combined weight taken with a struggling Bhole to get the dog’s weight. Chhote would happily co-operate in this exercise, so we could measure his weight accurately as 25 KG.
When the vet at Bhopal took Bhole’s weight (on a scale where only the pet needed to stand), I proudly stated that he was 24 KG, but I was unpleasantly surprised to note that his weight turned out to be 18 KG. It meant Bhole had lost considerable weight for various reasons viz age, his struggles with ailments etc. This loss of weight and advancing years etc did not prevent him from displaying his swagger though.
When he went on his walks, other dogs, including large dogs like German Shepherds got nervous. Bhole would normally ignore the barking of other dogs, but if he took notice and barked back, the barking dog (and his owner if any) would nervously turn back. 🙂 I would proudly boast to other dog walkers who tended to show agression towards Bhole that the dog better be aware. Bhole, I informed them, had been a street fighter all his life and he had taken on packs of fierce dogs and has survived to tell the tale. I do not think that the German Shepherds and other such show off dogs would be able to do what Bhole had achieved in his prime. Bhole had incredible level of tolerance and he could tolerate the bite of a dog and survive, but if Bhole bit back, the other dog would be in serious trouble. Bhole had strong jaws and large teeth. Most dogs instinctively noticed and realised this fact and so gave Bhole a wide berth when he went on his walks.
The name of Bhole, like that of other pets was given by my wife. The name, to my mind was quite appropriate. Bhole (synonym of Lord Shiva) would take the vish (venom) so that his fellow pets (and human beings) could enjoy amrit. He often did not receive credits for his achievements from my wife. Only I appreciated the qualities and achievements of Bhole and took pride in owning him. Bhole instinctively knew what he was supposed to do and was not supposed to do. While Chhote behaved like a human kid and got away with it, Bhole realised that he could not get away by behaving like Chhote and adjusted his behaviour accordingly. He also realised he he should not expect a preferential treatment from my wife. He could rely upon me though. Most of his life was spent with me, so for much of his life he felt wanted and cared for.
All was seemingly well till the morning of 17 august 2023. He had fully eaten up his evening meal last evening. I was sure he would demand something to eat in the morning. In the morning of 17 August 2023, I took Bhole for a walk. He took a lesser distance walk than what he had taken the last morning and came back. Then I took Izza for her walk. Their morning walks were over by 5:15 AM or so.
It was from around 7 AM or so that I noticed Bhole in distress. He would not normally make such agonised sounds that he was making. I informed my wife. She noticed Bhole’s distress. She felt that the end was near. I phoned the vet and we took Bhole to him. While the vet was examining Bhole, my wife noticed a government sanitary worker standing near a government garden. She went there and discussed matters with him in case his help was needed. He gave my wife his phone number and assured all help if needed.
The vet took the blood sample and temperature and found them all right. It was the heart beat that was irregular. Bhole was given saline so that his body could receive some nourishment. Bhole was silent all this while giving us hope that he would recover. But a little while later, he started making the same distress sounds. The vet suggested that things would stabilise after some time and then he should be given his meal.
Back home, Bhole kept acting in the same way. We tried to give him a clean secluded place with no light. He tried to rest there. At lunch time we tried to feed him, but Bhole was in no condition to eat.
We allowed him to stay there as before.
Bhole stayed there without making any sounds. In the evening, when I went there and touched him, I realised that Bhole was rid of all his distress. He was no longer alive. I informed my wife of this fact.
When our other two pets expired, only one of us was around. In this case, both of us were available. The daugter was not there. She was in a train and she was due to arrive by night.
My wife phoned up the sanitary worker whom she had met earlier in the day. The worker promised that he would arrange everything and the body would be buried in a secluded place not far from our residence.
The daughter arrived at night. Necessary arrangements were made at night. Next morning on 18 August, the sanitary worked phoned at 8 AM and informed that arrangements had been made. He arrived at our residence in his bike. Bhole’s body was kept in car boot and we drove behind the worker’s bike. He took us to a vast ground that spreads for many acres. It is a largely abandoned government property. A colleage of that sanitary worker had dug up the earth at an isolated place. Bhole was buried there.
We left the place and came back home. The sanitary worker came home. My wife asked how much she should pay. He said Rs 2000. My wife, who was prepared to pay much more paid him and thanked him profusely. We were relived that we were able to give Bhole a decent and dignified farewell that he, as our 13 year old companion richly deserved.
So Bhole (2 october 2010-17 august 2023) bid us farewell and with that a long chapter in our lives got closed. He gave us many memorable moments during these 13 years as one can find out from the writeups whose links have been provided above. Any creature who is born has to die. In case of dogs, it is a matter of just over ten years. Bhole lived nearly as long as a normal dog is expected to live.
In my post on Chhote, I had opined that my pets were like “Shaapit gandarv” and “shaapit dev”. In ancient mythology, gandharv or Em>dev of devlok would commit some misdeeds for which they would get cursed and sentenced to spend time on Earth. On begging forgiveness, their sentence would be made lighter. Either the tenure would be reduced or they would be allowed to spend time on earth under less challenging conditions. It would appear to me that in case of nuppy, the period of sentence was two years and in case of Chhote, it was nine years. Bhole, who could not deal with people like his fellow pets, was similarly not able to reason with the person cursing him, so he ended up carrying out his full sentence on earth. No matter what, he may have left satisfied that we as his owners tried to take as good a care of him as we could and we gave him as dignified a farewell as we could. Personally I feel that I did my best for Bhole, as indeed for Chhote three years ago. If there is anything like “karma” or so, I have hopefully earned good marks in the ledger of “karma” .
With advancing age, one becomes less emotional and more philosophical. It took me one day to come up with an obituary for nuppy and two days for an obituary on Chhote, it had taken me 5 days to write an obituary for Bhole. When I went through the earlier obituaries that are detailed and heartfelt, I thought that Bhole too deserved an obituaty from me.
So here it is. I hope Bhole is now reunited with his fellow pets nuppy and Chhote in their original forms as gandharv or dev as the case may be.
The songs that I used in case of other two obituaries were songs that fitted the bill perfectly. I had specially located those songs.
The song that I have chosen with this post was already earmarked to be posted today. It just happens that the song fits the bill for this obituary as well. The song talks of Insaan being a “khilauna mitti ka.” Be it insaan or any other creature, we are all mortals and we all have to leave the world some day.
This philosophical song is sung by S Balbir and chorus. Dhaniram is the lyricist as well as the music director. The song is from “Daak Babu”(1954). This movie was produced and directed by Lekhraj Bhakri for Jubilee Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nadira, Kuldip Kaur, Talat Mahmood, Yashodhara Katju, Radha Kishan, Manmohan Krishna, Ram Avatar, Roshan, Uma, Munshi, Ranjhodh,Ramdayal, P.N.Sharma etc in it.
“Daak Baabu”(1954) had eleven songs in it. nine songs have been covered so far. This song is the tenth song from the movie to appear in the blog.
I had earmarked this song to be posted on today (22 August 2023) because this date is the birth anniversary of Balbir (DoB 22 August 2026- DoD unknown).
With this song, we pay tribute to a singer who sang quite a few memorable songs during the golden era of HFM before he vanished from the scene without leaving any trace. This song in a way speaks for each of us. It reminds us of this inalienable and inevitable fact that we all are mortal, and we all have to leave one day or the other. So we better get reconciled to it.
I have reconciled myself to the fact that we will not have Bhole in our midst again. But his memories will remain. I am sure we will remember him fondly just as we keep remembering his two fellow pets even today.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Insaan khilauna matti ka (Daak Babu)(1954) Singer-S Balbir, Lyrics-Dhaniram, MD-Dhaniram
Male chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
insaan khilauna matti kaa
matti kaa khilaunaa hai ae aey ae
matti kaa khilaunaa hai ae
insaan khilauna matti kaa
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae ae ae
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae
insaa..aaan
aa aaa aaa
aa aaa aaaaa
insaan khilauna matti kaa
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae ae
matti kaa khilaunaa hai ae
insaan khilauna matti kaa
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae (insaan..aaa aaan aaa)
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae (haan aan aaa haan aaan aaa aaaa insaan)
rang rangeelaa banaa khilaunaa
banaa khilaunaa aan aaa aan
sakht jaay ke
huaa salonaaa
huaa salonaa aa aaa
kood phaand mein bachchon ne jab
kood phaand mein aen aen aen
kood phaand mein aen aen aen aen
kood phaand mein aen aen
kood phaand mein bachchon ne jab
dharti par de maaraa aa aaa aaa
choor choor woh huaa khilaunaa aaa aan aa aaa
phir nahin judney ae waalaa aaa aaa
insaan khilaunaa matti kaa
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae ae
matti ka khilaunaa hai ae
insaan khilaunaa matti kaa
insaan (matti ka khilaunaa hai)
haan aaan aaaa aaaaa aa (matti ka khilaunaa hai)
insaan
isee tarah hai teri zindagi
teri zindagee ee ee ee ee ee ee
teri zindagee ee ee ee ee
teri zindagee ee ee
isee tarah hai teri zindagi
teri zindagee eee ee eee ee
kadam kadam par dar hai ae
ke dar hai
kadam kadam par dar hai ae ae
ye hai faani
ye hai faani..ee
ye hai ae faani
ye hai faanee
iski naheen umar hai
manzil hai ae ae ae ye ae ae
ek safar kee ee ee
do din kooch karegaa aaa aaa
saath chalegee izzat nekee ee
aur naa koyi chalegaa aaa aa aaa
jaan boojh kar kyon kartaa hai
jaan boojhkar r
jaan boojh kar r r r
jaan boojh kar r r r
jaan boojh kar kyon kartaa hai
tu naadaani ee bandey aey ae
raah prabhu ki chal kar pagley aey ae ae
kaat jagat ke ae phandey aey ae aey
13 Responses to "Insaan khilauna matti ka matti ka khilauna hai"
August 22, 2023 at 6:05 pm
Dear Atul ji,
I am sure Bhole would by now have comfortably settled in his new abode in Gandharvlok or Devlok and enjoying the company of his newfound as also his old trusted friends.
Thanks for a beautiful and emotional post. Unlike most of such stories dealing with personal emotions which are only relevant to the writer and appear to be boring to the readers, your interesting write-up kept one fully engrossed feeling totally involved and full of empathy.
Coincidentally, the song choice celebrating the birth anniversary of the singer Balbir aptly captures the solemn mood of transient nature of life of a creature. Could it be a strange case of clairvoyance on your part?
Anyway, thanks once again and regards,
Avadh Lal
August 23, 2023 at 8:58 am
Thanks for your words of comfort and solace. I have written so many articles on my pets in the blog and they have been well received by readers.
I think it was indeed preordained that this post was to appear on this date and on this topic.
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August 22, 2023 at 10:37 pm
Memories of Bhole will remain with me, Sorry ….Atul ji….
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August 23, 2023 at 11:10 am
Atul ji,
I have read the obituary of Bhole. At the end of his story my eyes became moist.
During my school days we had 2 dogs as our pets. I have seen their deaths in those times. Today I remembered all those things.
I know how one gets attached with the association of pets. 13 years for a dog is indeed a long time. No wonder a sensitive person like you must have felt very sad at his passing away. Glad that he exited very peacefully and with his loving owners around.
I remember having read the wonderful book by a veterinarian – James Harriot,namely ” All things bright and beautiful “. It detailed many heart touching stories about different pets. Your today’s post strikes a similarity to some touching stories in that book.
I express my condolences on Bhola’s parting. May God place him near Him always.
And thanks for an article which was very touching and which made my eyes moist for a pet I had only read about but never seen. Your pen had created his image perfectly.
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August 24, 2023 at 8:23 am
Thanks a lot for your words of consolation. I look forward to your comments and they mean a lot to me.
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August 24, 2023 at 9:28 am
Atul Ji
I share your loss. Your post moved me to tears.
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August 25, 2023 at 8:50 pm
Atulji
My condolences to you and your family. So sorry to learn about Bhole.
Just reading the posts of the last one week. Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.
Just realized that I had posted that little clip, a talk by Vet Dr. Jairam on 22nd, on the WA group on 22nd, same date as this post. You were the only one who showed rxn to that. now I got the connect
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August 22, 2023 at 5:27 pm
Atul ji,
My heartfelt condolences on the passing of Bhole.
When I first started reading your article, it gave me an impression that you are going to tell us some naughty/mischievous things your pets have done. But the second paragraph gave me a feeling that something went wrong with one of your pets. And I felt it may be related to Bhole as he was the oldest among your pets.
I am hopeful that Bhole’s happy memories during his 13 years stay with you would give solace to all of you.
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August 23, 2023 at 8:56 am
Thanks for your condolences. Indeed, the happy memories of Bhole will remain with me and I will continue to recall them fondly.
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