A note from the co-founders
A few lives
changed ours.
Before Ghar was an idea, there were animals we knew and cared for. Puppies we fostered. Familiar faces on the street. Companions who became part of our family.
Getting to know them changed what we noticed—and what we hoped might be possible.
The lives we came to know
Where it began.
Tanishk cared for street puppies. Alongside the joy of knowing them came the heartbreak of losing many to illness and road accidents.
Caring for them did not always mean being able to keep them safe. We kept wishing they could have somewhere to belong: a home, someone looking out for them, and the chance to grow older.
We also knew how easily an animal could remain unseen behind a word like “stray.” Many of us grow up with assumptions about Indie animals before we ever have the chance to know one.
We wanted to help create that chance.
From Kanishk
What Leo taught me.
Leo came into my life as a little German shepherd puppy. Loving him taught me responsibility, patience, and a kind of care that changed how I saw other animals.
They became individuals to me—living beings with feelings, preferences, and lives that mattered to them. I wanted to become a better person, for him and because of him.
Leo had his own way of looking after the street puppies around us. He shared his food with them. On rainy nights, he would come to me and cry; to me, it was his way of asking us to bring them inside.
He was my family, my closest companion, and our much-loved Bossdog.
We lost him unexpectedly when he was only six. I miss him deeply. Building Ghar has given me a way to carry some of that love forward, into caring for other lives.
What we hope to make possible
A little room
to see them differently.
Our care doesn’t begin or end with one kind of animal. Knowing them has taught us to notice individual lives wherever we meet them. Ghar begins with helping Indie animals find homes, guided by that same respect for all animals.
Together, we’re building the kind of space we wish had existed for the animals we knew. A place to meet an animal as someone: to notice their funny habits, learn what care they need, and see a possible companion where there might once have been a stranger.
And when someone feels ready to adopt, we want the next steps to feel clear, thoughtful, and supported. Welcoming an animal home is a lasting commitment, and it deserves care from the beginning.
Ghar is still young. We’re learning from the people who use it, listening to their experiences, and building with the animals’ wellbeing in mind.
You don’t have to be ready to adopt to belong here. Perhaps you’ll read a story, recognise something familiar, or simply notice someone differently.
Thank you for taking the time to know a little about us—and the lives that brought us here.
Kanishk Verma & Tanishk Verma
Brothers and co-founders of Ghar