Table of Contents
- Why I buy pets
- Why I keep animals
- The vanishing bird
- Hamster-ignorance
- The troublesome parrot
- The stray cat
- The morning chorus
- Sadhu's fall
- Tigo talk
- Scolding Tigo
- The morning concert
- Hriday's cats
- Another type of miracle
- Hide-and-seek
- The compassionate pet store owner
- Upstairs, downstairs
- Kanu's cries
- Meditating with Kanu
- My faithful puppy
- A visit to the garrulous parrot
- My morning audience
- How Kanu frightened me
- The insomniac
- I beg Sona to eat pizza
- Temporary peace
- Sona's restlessness
- Tears in Sona's eyes
- Who is the boss?
- Visits from Kanu's soul
- Outer disobedience
- Gifts for Kanu and Sona
- Trying to talk
- A fleeting unconditional surrender
- A rare bark from Kanu
- Bitten by Kanu
- Sona's progress
- The whining bird
- Jealousy-world
- Oneness with Kanu
- The competition
- Swapping beds
- The salted palm
- Heard but not seen
- Kanu lies on my head
- "Help! Help!"
- Watching Sona's performance
- Kanu's prayers
- Kanu's favourite place
- The mynah bird
- Kanu's conversation in Bengali
- Sona's close call
- A serious situation with Kanu
- Afraid of Sona
- Sona the uncontrollable
- Sona's passing
- Sona and Kanu together again
- Real affection
- Eyes of compassion
- Playing in the soul's world
- Sona's good news
- What the future may hold
- My beloved dogs
- Editor's preface