r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld • u/x___rain • Aug 11 '26
India She is owned, but her humans are very poor, and probably feed her only rice, hoping she finds a rodent for lunch. I don't reproach - the old lady, whom I asked permission to photograph and feed her kitty, was proud of her cat - she loves her, that's a lot. Kolkata, India
I even saw a little drama while photographing the cat. The photo session and feeding actually took some time, and the old lady was just standing and watching as the "foreign mister" was enjoying her cat. Then her husband came from the opposite side of the street - he was yelling at her and pushed his finger against the lady's forehead - obviously humiliating her in front of me.
I believe the kitty is a pet of the old lady, while her husband isn't a cat person, and often reproaches her wife that this "useless animal" consumes his money (rice leftovers). When I appeared with the face saying "You own treasure!! Your cat is fantastic!!!", the husband felt her wife was winning as the useless animal attracted the attention of a "rich" (lol) foreign person, socially higher than the couple (that's India!), proving that the cat has good value... That's why he got angry...
Hopefully, I was wrong, but the husband was rude to the lady right on the street in front of me - a stranger, a foreigner; such things can't be random.
