The hour is darkest and coldest just before dawn…
I loved getting up late as a young girl and like parents of all good girls, my parents never approved of it. They conveyed it to me nearly every day. The best excuse I could come up with was, the...
View ArticleSilverbill: Bird with a Silver Beak
Many years ago, I saw a pair of birds nesting in a shrub outside my house. I was fascinated by their triangular silver beaks. I was just getting introduced to birds. I clicked many pictures of that...
View ArticleHe Wasn’t Singing For Me…
An Oriental Magpie Robin used to sing melodious songs for me every day. I didn’t understand the language, but I still waited for her. Music has no language; lyrics don’t matter. It doesn’t...
View ArticleShe Thinks I am a Mother Hornbill!
“She thinks I am a mother Hornbill, not a human”. I was curious to know more. I was listening to a conversation between two young girls in a cafe. Bad manners, I know, but I couldn’t have closed my...
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