BUDDY

ANAHAT KAUR

BUDDY

ANAHAT KAUR

Copyright © 2015 by Anahat Kaur

Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology

For Dabboo

Preface

“It may just be a part of your life, but for it, you’re its whole life.”

A pet isn’t a toy; it’s a life. It’s a responsibility, its hard work and most of all, its love. Everyday, we come across animals on the streets. Some born there, some left there. They don’t have a home, for them it is survival. Everyday is a struggle for food and shelter.After losing my dog, Dabboo, in 2014, I realized what impact he had on my life. This made me think about all the families who have animals as pets and the animals who don’t have a family. I chose to do my project on animal love. I visited a couple of animal shelters and interacted with dogs living there. Every dog had a story behind the reason why it was in the shelter. Some abandoned, some accident victims, some used as breeders and some left to die, each who could use the love of a home.I decided to make this graphic novel on a dog named “Buddy”. Buddy was like any other dog. He lived. He loved. He thought he understood his world, but his world didn’t quite understand him. Buddy represents the story of many such animals who gave it their all but didn’t get half as much back.Scarred by the harsh realities of life, these animals continue to live on.The series of events that occur in this story are inspired by true incidents.

Acknowledgements

A big thanks to Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology for providing me the opportunity to ex-plore, learn and push myself beyond my limits.Thank you, Chinar Shah, for assisiting, helping and supporting me throughout my project.Special thanks Dr. Vijay Pathak for taking out time and giving me valuable information on my research.I thank my family for putting up with me during the frustrated hair ripping moments. My mother, Paramjeet Kaur for pampering me with food and love. My father, Gurminder Singh for giv-ing me valuable insight to my research topic and my sister, Mannat Kaur, for giving me feedbacks and suggestions over FaceTime.Huge thank you to the animal shelters, CARE, CUPA & KARUNA for their cooperation.I’d like to thank Saloni Goel, Sabareesh Nair, Ranjan Anvekar, Prarthana Shah for being my punching bags and giving me emotional support and also making me laugh when I was about to cry.