more undisturbed demise

the encounter with death made me look more closely at other instances. found 2 more carcases in the same building. this puppy has been dead for much longer. on another staircase...


another dead dog lying on the 11 th floor.....




this made me reassess other deaths i had seen on my earlier explorations. death has a peculiar face when it has been undisturbed by humans. this puppy looks like it has been runover by a road-roller. but i found it in a cement factory lying undisturbed in a corner. there are many dogs living in this factory.



a recently dead dog on MG road in front of the demolished buildings. runover by a car perhaps...


there were pigeon nest on a ledge above this. but apparently not very safe as this broken egg bears testament...

death on the 9th floor

when i first went to the building on barakhamba i was surprised by 2 dogs on the terrace. the dogs were as surprised as me and quickly disappered down the stairs.
the next time i went there about 2 weeks later the 2 dogs were lying dead on the staircase!


Dont know much about death but it looks like a violent one. perhaps poisoning. looks like the dogs puked out blood in their last moments. they were lying half a flight from eachother on the 9th floor. perhaps trying to make their way down in desperation.



as they are lying in the shade, the decomposition has been rather slow. no birds of prey seemed to have reached here. 3 weeks later the bones are showing through....



and the maggots and beatles.... look at the center-bottom.

13th floor

this building on barakhamba road next to CP has been lying vacant for many years. at the back of the building there is a service lane with parking for the office going crowd of the adjacent buildings. next to the garbage dump the wall is broken and provides easy access to the building.



the ground floor of the building is used by the poorer crowd as a toilet. especially one room which is full of dry shit. there are 2 staircases that lead to the top of the building 13 floors up.



the terrace has grass growing everywhere. and even 2 trees.



all usable or recyclable items have been removed from the building leaving scars everywhere.



there is a police station at the back and in the adjacent yard there are a bunch of vehicles that have been confiscated by the cops.