God's Dogs (by Dhruv)

These are a few pictures I took when I visted Varanasi in Feb 2004. We saw dogs and pups everywhere: railway stations, running astray in the Benaras Hindu University campus and at the banks of the Ganga. For our brief period of contact, they were willing to offer companionship in return for the same and sometimes, a half eaten chapati. Nobody owns these dogs...yet they belong...to the roads, rivers, platforms and passer-bys, in a way none of us can.