superiors we aren’t we are human beings
we are supposed to be with the nature we
are supposed to live with the nature not
try and be above the nature and when we
try and do that
that is when we start destroying the
nature and the animals are your first
point of reference when you are
destroying the nature the buildings that
we are building the things that we are
doing are the things we are destroying
the nature with and that is not right we
must always look forward we should
always try and cohabitate and that is
our aim I started off I was very young
and I was almost thrown out of my school
because of my first interaction with the
animals and that was I was in Masurian
there are wild dogs in thee so there are
wild dogs in the in it were in my school
and I used to rob my bread loaves from
my hostel and I used to go and feed the
wild dogs and that is where my teacher
caught me and I almost got rusticated
but it was my family my mother my father
who were called upon to take me away
from the school because the school I
decided that no we can’t have him
because he’s a five-year-old and he’s
gonna be killed by the while animals my
father said a very brilliant thing to my
chairman that if he has to go there is
no way you can stop it and that is what
I think gave me the confidence to do
what I’m doing today while this was
never on my list to do stuff I started
my career as a dance choreographer I
hosted a screa refer with the film
industry and from there I kept moving on
because it wasn’t giving me the
satisfaction so everybody should look
for the passion they’re looking for yes
your books might teach you something but
there are things outside your own
parameter that you should try and
explore because exploring is what is
gonna make you what are you gonna be at
the end of the day you’re a human being
you have innumerable number of
opportunities that are there for you but
because we are so psyched about what
we are reading is what we should follow
no you shouldn’t take the knowledge use
it for the betterment and that is what
we as human beings should be doing we
are the intelligent ones we can
contemplate we can work and we can make
things happen around us I have been
around dogs all my life but I only got
to know about how to be with them is
when I got my first dog okay I bought my
first dog paying money getting a dog
which is not a wrong thing to do but
after she came into my life
her name was Phoebe and she inspired me
to help each and every dog that I come
into contact with so when I come into a
contact with the dog I have to have to
have to help them there is no way I can
ignore them but there is a theory also
in my life that if I don’t know a dog
his problem is not my problem but the
moment I know a dog his problem is my
problem and that is how we’ve grown to
being from two dogs I have 150 animals
today not dogs because that is what
inspired me my dog inspired me to do
what I do and I was taught everything
that I know from her nothing from theory
there is no theory that I have ever gone
through to learn how am I supposed to
work with a dog and that is the most
important thing you have to look for
inspirations in your teachers in your
work that you do everything that you do
that is how you’re supposed to take
inspiration is supposed to take
inspiration from life life is your
biggest gift you can talk you can
contemplate and that is your biggest
gift you need to work with that gift
like I have done and we started from a
to b HK apartment where I was
rehabilitating seven dogs aggressive
dogs you wouldn’t believe this you know
it might sound funny
it might sound unbelievable but in the
night me my wife my two dogs and I used
to sleep on one bed not the dogs but me
and my wife used to sleep on the bed and
the dogs were around and I had seven
dogs on the leashes
sleeping with me there was no way I
could let them go because the moment I
let them go
they would fight and they were all
aggressive it is just the energy that
made me that made them comfortable to be
around me and that is how I helped them
it started from there and today it is
like I said 150 animals right from your
bull cuff to two horses that we have and
all of them are living a beautiful life
we don’t drain them I’m not a trainer
I’m a behaviorist I bond with the dogs I
work with the dog behavior so if you
have a dog you need to work with in the
bonding sit down stay that is all show
off you don’t get a dog in your life to
show off and that is rare in India we
are going wrong because my neighbor has
a dog I should have a dog no that’s
absolutely wrong because your neighbor
has a dog he might have a different
understanding with his dog he might have
the dog for a reason
no reason at all also but he might have
it for a reason but you want a dog
because he has a dog completely wrong so
we should never follow that lead if you
need a companion in your life because
now dogs are supposed to be companions
they are not pets anymore
because of our hectic life and the
movement that we have in our life we
don’t have time to breathe we don’t have
time to sit down with the family and you
know doing all the stuff that we used to
do earlier now it is you need a
companion who chairs you up when you
come back home because most of the
families today are all working families
so we don’t have the time to spend with
each other so this pet will give you the
happiness of what you need to do I have
great examples in the dogs that I have
please welcome sailor comes so this is
saver
like I said Phoebe so Phoebe came into
my life and she introduced me to the
world of dogs I worked with the dogs and
when we grew so like I said from a to b
HK apartment we went to a bungalow from
bungalow now we have reached a six acre
farm where we have all the animals and
Phoebe came into my life to make me
reach that place she came into my life
to show me the path that I’m walking on
today and this girl has taken over after
this one has grown up in front of her if
we would have been there today she would
have been nine years old and this one is
five and a half so she grew up in front
of Phoebe so once Phoebe went away she
took over everything that Phoebe did
with me if you guys are comfortable okay
I’ll let me ask I forgot to ask this how
many of you are dog lovers oh my god
ninety percent so it is just not about
dogs dogs are there in the system they
have been around us always but it is the
animals it is the animals those who need
help today you can think about doing
something for them you can think about
doing something for yourself I tell
everybody who comes to my firm I have
like more than 4000 families that I’ve
interacted with in the last eight years
and I tell everybody that it I’m just
the manager you know they come into my
life and they make me do things that
needs to be done so there is nothing
planned I don’t plan I’m just passionate
and that is what you need to be you need
to be passionate you need to find that
passion within yourself what are you
passionate about it might be to be a
Moche you know it might be to be a Moche
but do it in a way that the world will
recognize it just don’t do it sit in the
shop and you know start polishing shoes
no think of it think something out of
the box and that is what you all can do
you all have the tools to do it the kind
of social media we have the kind of
innovations we are getting we just saw
the presentation oh my god unbelievable
mind-blowing and you know you are the
ones who can create that I don’t have
the time to do it now I have 150
I’m done and we are we are going to grow
I am going to grow in my own way
and I’m gonna keep doing innovations in
my own way to make things better for the
animals around us our first aim is to
clean Mumbai of any stray dogs but not
by culling them not by throwing them
away not by pushing them in some smaller
cities not by doing all of that but
there is a plan behind it so we have an
entire plan and we are working on it
where all these animals will have a
house they’ll have a job because they’re
supposed to be working dogs dogs were
always supposed to be working now there
we can become companions and they are in
our home so I really don’t have to keep
from this leash but because it’s a new
place for her that is why she’s only
she’s never been on the leash ever this
is the only place she’s being on the
leash because there are so many new
people new place so she’ll be all
wandering around and that is what she’s
doing right now she wants to do
something she’s not a sitting dog she
just can’t sit so animals can also
inspire you and I am the example of it
I’m doing everything that I’m doing in
my life is because of Phoebe and life I
would just suggest is be passionate
about your life do things what are right
and make things right don’t follow the
herd animals are supposed to follow the
herd not the humans humans are the
thinking ones and yes very important
thing I would really want you all to
think about this there is the same
survival of the fittest
does it really apply to us think about
this maybe you can get in touch with me
later if you’ve thought about it do
write down something about it
survival of the fittest I’ll just give
you a small token it survival of the
fittest only works in the animal world
we have taken that same and put it in
our lives and made our lives miserable
if you think how many of you have pets
you have pets so what do you think your
pet is doing when you’re outside your
house nothing
just lying around and what were animals
supposed to do in the wild they were
supposed to go and hunt get the hunt and
feed the master and then eat what are we
doing today
we are going out in the world hunting
trying to cut somebody’s throat trying
to snatch from somebody trying to rob
from somebody and we are going back in a
pet is lying down on the floor hey
you’ve come home hi
come on let’s feed so you know so you
are feeding your pet I see people
walking on the roads with that with a
Rottweiler in one hand and a stick in
the other I stopped I stopped that
person and I asked him who’s protecting
who haven’t you got the Rottweiler to
protect you why have you got the
Rottweiler the question is why have you
got the raw diamond but it is so funny
melibea know we are because
theoretically people are so inclined
towards theory and Google while I love
Google it gives you a lot of information
but googling around and you know just
getting the half-baked information which
applies to you or don’t apply to you it
does not make any sense
you like I said earlier you have to sit
contemplate think about it and find out
whether you’re doing the right thing and
that is what they have taught me live
example I’ll keep saying they’ll again
and again I wasn’t this person that you
see see me today I was a completely
different person I was an arrogant angry
person I was angry with the world I
would never talk to anyone nothing but
my dogs my animals have made me to be
what I am and that is what the lesson is
follow your passion do something out of
the box whatever however small it might
be I’m sorry but money is not everything
investment is not everything there is a
human life which you need to endure and
you need to work with you need to give
back to the society give back to the
nature because you’re a human being they
only know two people
and run around hunt eat and sleep they
are not gonna build anything to better
this planet they can be our companions
to better this planet and we should take
examples from there and we should move
forward so follow your passion and do
everything that you enjoy doing don’t do
anything else thank you [Applause]