Upamanyu Chatterjee, English, August: An Indian Story

"In his essay,Agastya had said that his real ambition was to be a domesticated male stray dog because they lived the best life. They were assured of food,and because they were stray they didn't have to guard a house or beg or shake paws or fetch trifles or be clean or anything similarly meaningless to earn their food. They were servile and sycophantic when hungry;once fed,and before sleep,they wagged their tails perfunctorily whenever their hosts passes,as an investment for future meals. A stray dog was free,he slept a lot,barked unexpectedly and only when he wanted to,and got a lot of sex."