Pics/Bipin Kokate; Photos in The Book/Hashim Badani; Illustrations/Sumedha Sah

It's 12 noon by the time we reach our last stop at Kings Circle. We've already met Chickoo at Eros Cinema, Hole near Sterling Cinema and Captain at Shivaji Park. However, 15-year-old Periappa, the veteran dada, can't be traced at his usual spot near Anand Bhavan. Abodh Aras, CEO, The Welfare of Stray Dogs, is confident he'll find one of the stars of his new e-book, My City, My Dogs (Pratham). "He's usually snoozing outside one of the eateries that feed him," he chuckles. As predicted, we spot Periappa relaxing under the shade of a tree beside a second-hand bookseller at the buzzing junction.