Doggiewali Aunty of Borivali: Kasturben Santilal Chheda, a 52-year-old woman and a widow,never wants to look back. Popularly called the Doggiewali Aunty, the tail of her tale, actually started with a kitty. It’s been more than 12 years, since, a yelping bunch of litter caught her attention. “I didn’t care in the beginning actually. But once I saw a crow about to pick on them. Hearing their “chau chau”, I could hardly resist bringing them in and their mother,” informs Chheda who feeds nearly 300 dogs and innumerable other animals everyday. “I never even thought I would be doing something like this,” exclaims Chheda who used to cook in people’s homes for a living. Yet, destiny and good karma routed her to taking care of animals that are neglected in the maddening rush of the city. Once, she narrates, “on Borivali Station, there were five kittens. One day, I discovered one of them was on tracks and surrounded by onlookers at about 11 pm. Nobody was willing to pick him up. Finally, I got down and swung the kitten to the platform and then people hoisted me in the nick of time as the train was hardly a second away.”