Exhibit A or A, a plump eight-year-old black-and-white feline, can usually be found perched on the window to watch the birds go by, found asleep behind the television or as a willing participant in funny Insta uploads as devised by her pet parents, Hari Chakyar and Tamanna. But A also has anxiety, evident from the bald patches on her stomach and arms, and occasional mouth infection caused by licking. Moreover, she hates travelling. “She’d get a ‘panting fit’, meows and continuously,” says her dad, Hari, explaining why, despite A being absolutely terrified of loud firecrackers and dhol tashas pathaks, the family has to stay put in their second-floor flat in Mumbai’s busy Chembur area, and watch helplessly as their little one darts into the wardrobe, terrified, emerging only after the noise stops for the day.