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NEHA SONAM LAKRA -
Biraj nagar, behind P&T colony, lalpur. Ranchi Jharkhand
Back in the year 1990-99, when I used to stay at my grandparents place, on the front courtyard we had a huge, tall tree of henna. On the branches of those trees, there were many house sparrows that used to be nesting on it. Every morning we watched, as they fly off their nest collecting twigs and grains. In the evening when we used to water the plants, few would fly down their nest and drink water too. My grandmother’s breakfast was usually shared with those sparrows and when she used to clean rice we could see many birds hopping around her. But in the summer of 1999, when our house got demolished, the tree was also cut off. As a result, the birds flew off from that tree. We had many other trees in our garden, but they didn’t nest in any of those.
Now, after so many years although, we still reside in nearby location but, I don’t get to see the house sparrows very often. We keep water and food container on our terrace, but very few come by. We still regret cutting down that henna tree and wonder was it the faith that we lost on those sparrows or is it their shrinking population?
Back in the year 1990-99, when I used to stay at my grandparents place, on the front courtyard we had a huge, tall tree of henna. On the branches of those trees, there were many house sparrows that used to be nesting on it. Every morning we watched, as they fly off their nest collecting twigs and grains. In the evening when we used to water the plants, few would fly down their nest and drink water too. My grandmother’s breakfast was usually shared with those sparrows and when she used to clean rice we could see many birds hopping around her. But in the summer of 1999, when our house got demolished, the tree was also cut off. As a result, the birds flew off from that tree. We had many other trees in our garden, but they didn’t nest in any of those.
Now, after so many years although, we still reside in nearby location but, I don’t get to see the house sparrows very often. We keep water and food container on our terrace, but very few come by. We still regret cutting down that henna tree and wonder was it the faith that we lost on those sparrows or is it their shrinking population?
