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After centuries of neglect, reject and even hatred, now that the world’s most common bird is fast becoming “rare”, we are valuing it like never before. Yet, when I see a sparrow today, it looks oblivious to all this fickle … Continued

By the time it was mid February, the rose bush bloomed into a living dream – a matter of envy for the passerby. For me however, it was hard to take pride in it. I had not planted this rose … Continued

Whenever Goldfinches visit my feeder, I would recognize them distinctly. The gorgeous pair show up spring through summer. But as soon as fall starts, I only see the females, the dazzling yellow male is not there. I look for him … Continued

Our inner landscape is clogged with words and images we constantly feed our consciousness with, more often than not, on these flashing screens – sadly the only things that have our continuous and undivided attention today. Our own version of … Continued

The front yard of my childhood home had plants of marigolds, periwinkles and jasmines among many other. Sometimes my grandmother would ask me to bring fresh flowers from the yard for her daily worship rituals. “Pick only the live ones, … Continued

If you live in a city, then you might, but If you live in countryside, then you will surely hear these knocking/pecking/drumming sounds coming from woods not too far away from the homes. Suddenly, the nights have become cooler, the … Continued

At the peaks of hurricane seasons, on dark and stormy nights, I kept looking at its staggering silhouette, lying in bed. What I used to see through that window made me nervous. The Birch swayed so vehemently, it felt like … Continued

If only we didn’t have our very important petty tasks that we prefer to attend to, over this grand but brief phenomenon called life. And in that brief life, if only we didn’t have these very important tiny boundaries, that … Continued