Stories

Alagu Balaraman - Bangalore International Airport Bengaluru International Airport, BLR International Terminal Dr Karnataka

They hang out inside the terminal building and frequent the restaurant area. They will cheerfully steal food from plates if you step a few feet away

Alagu Balaraman - Jayangar 4th Block Jayanagar 4 Block, Jayanagar Bangalore Karnataka

They were always around and would come into the house as well

Alagu Balaraman - Rainbow drive Rainbow Drive Bangalore Karnataka

There are a lot of birds in Rainbow Drive, many of whom nest here but there are no sparrows

Trishit Banerjee - Lalchakki Ulhasnagar Maharashtra

Those twilights are now not the same,
When did I hear that purl again?
Ages ago, I surmise, I laugh;
But, truth cannot be esoteric, alas!
When did I last see her dangle her wings,
I think when the spring blushed the mornings,
And now with the fog of times, they dissipate away
Like the Arabian sands which soar in May.

The crimson skies now cry desertion
For the steeple is now the unwanted inception
A time was there long before
When I could see a company more than four
At times I returned with a satchel subsuming a dozen sorrows
Then I danced my summers away with those jocund sparrows.

Sheeba - Salim ali Centre for Ornithology Anaikatti Tamil Nadu

Sparrow used lamp shades for nesting