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hey might be years apart when it comes
includes cooking food for the strays and
to age, but one thing that truly bonds feeding them twice a day. They feed
them together is their love for human’s around 50 homeless dogs every day.
best friend: dog. They are both passionate Anju, a retired clerk from Kolkata Port
for serving the canine cause so much Trust, says that her journey to look after
so that they have decided to remain strays began when she was a kid and saw
unmarried all their lives. Their decision her parents feeding the canines. “I was
might sound crazy to some, but for them around eight or nine years old when I used
it is their strong belief and dedication that to see my parents preparing the food and
has remained firm for the past several serving the dogs. I developed a liking for
years. Meet Anju Chatterjee, 70, and them. Slowly, it turned into a daily routine
Mamoni Das, 35, who live in Bagbazar to assist my mother while she went out to
area of north Kolkata. Their houses are serve them food,” she says.
at a distance of about half a kilometer of Anju can’t remember the exact day or year
each other but both have been devoutly when her love for the four-legged reached
serving stray canines in their locality for such a point that she decided to remain
the past several years. Their daily routine unmarried throughout her life. “I don’t
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