Those of you that have been to my house know that I live on the 2nd floor with every single window looking out on the green trees (yes, even in Mumbai!!). Quite often, as I sit at my pc surfing and/or catching up on my mail box, I enjoy brief moments of bliss when I look out at the variety of trees beyond. Rain trees, coconut palms swaying gently, acacia (yes, I actually learnt that name) etc.
(That's my complex, by the way - photo courtesy 99acres.com)
I used to look out just to enjoy the cooling sight of the different shades of green - how soothing to the eyes. Sometimes, occasionally, I would get to see some birds - apart from the usual pigeons that infest all of Mumbai. Crows, fairly common, sparrows slightly less commonly seen (I remember they used to be the most common birds that I grew up seeing as a child in Madras), mynahs sometimes. Anything beyond that lies in a world that I'm yet to explore - bird watching having not been a hobby (the feathered kind, I mean)
Suddenly, though, over the last fortnight, I have begun to see more birds (still talking about the feathered kind only!) than before. Last week, on a hat-trick, I saw parrots in and around my colony - not one, not once, but a pair, thrice. And I wondered how wonderful they looked in flight - how pathetic then, when one sees a parrot caged. Today, on the branch outside my window I see a large brown owl in the daytime - inauspicious, as my grandmother would say muttering "Shiva, Shiva" under her breath.
In the skies above a pair of eagles/kites/hawks (whatever?) circle aimlessly, gracefully - free from the ties that bind me to this keyboard and you. How blissful, then, to soar above and look down, to ride the wind........ freedom
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