Sharing of commitment & responsibilities allows those with busy schedules to bring a pet home without while ensuring it’s always cared for and not left alone
They say plants are the new pets, and pets are the new kids. Pushing this further in Delhi-NCR’s ever-expanding neighbourhoods — home increasingly to couples and singles pursuing demanding careers — is a new form of parenting that’s taking shape.
Take Murphy, who splits his time between Sector 57 and Sector 90 in Gurgaon. The three-year-old Labrador has researcher Bhadra Nayak and journalist Ira Das as his co-parents. The friends, with very different professional demands and office schedules, had two things in common — deep affection for animals and a work life that deterred them from bringing a pet home. But when one agreed to be the backup for the other, Nayak and Ira needed no convincing to get a dog together.
Take Murphy, who splits his time between Sector 57 and Sector 90 in Gurgaon. The three-year-old Labrador has researcher Bhadra Nayak and journalist Ira Das as his co-parents. The friends, with very different professional demands and office schedules, had two things in common — deep affection for animals and a work life that deterred them from bringing a pet home. But when one agreed to be the backup for the other, Nayak and Ira needed no convincing to get a dog together.