Boundary less Home


Sneh, the young sparrow could not believe what he and his family had to go through, he was having a hard time in deciphering why behind the whole thing...he had lot of questions, somehow could not muster the courage to ask his father, who was sitting on the wire pole along with this friends and discussing the options available.

At night, when his mother came to put him to bed, in their new makeshift home, which was the old Ganesha temple, he asked ma, why did it happen, u always said it was our house and i know you and papa built it...how could then someone break it...ma was speechless, the papa sparrow heard the conversation and sat near his son's bed...He said Son, it was our house, all my fore fathers had lived in the same place which is now called Whitefield...but lately have seen lot of trees getting cut and then seen humans making their houses there with stone and mortar ....sadly they don't seem keen in enjoying nature and want all space for themselves...i can never understand why they need so much space...after all a home needs to have just sufficient space for one to eat/sleep....i don't know what they do with all that space..dont they want space for there kids to play and enjoy the beautiful creations of god?

For us, we want sun god to wake us up...and tell us that its a beautiful morning and its time to get ready and go to work....at evening...along with the sun...we also come home...to rest and relax....the moon provides us the night lamp...so that we can see the path in case of an emergency.

I don't understand what guides these humans...as i have seldom seen them follow something like this..they love to wake up on hearing some shrill sound which they call alarm rather than to the bird chirping....and they do not have a time to come back home on time...have seen them come at such odd times...i wonder why their lifestyle has changed so much.

But Pa...why do we have to pay a price? they have destroyed our entire community...everyone is scattered...i don't know where my friend muskaan is and when will i meet her again? They are impacting our lives...

I know my son..sadly we don't have the powers to force a change...just hope they realise one day that like them even we birds have a home/family...and how it feels when suddenly one fine day...u realise your house is getting chopped...they don't even see, if a nest has an unborn...they are merciless..they just want space...

Son, we birds have never believed in boundaries...where ever we are...we make that place our home..these humans have taught us one more thing...which is to not remain attached...if our home is taken away from us...we start our quest for a new home...and once again settle. Home is where we all are....and we can recreate it again and again.