There is a
slight rain today, a drizzle actually. The
remnants of the Thrui Bab (Blessed
Rainy Day), my wife says. I am sitting
at the patio of my house, which is directly facing the great old gulmohar
tree. It amazes me to no end to see this
great tree, standing strong and firm.
Today a majestic looking hornbill
couple has appeared from nowhere and they are sitting on the topmost branch, at
the dome of the ‘big green umbrella’, of this great tree. What lovely birds! Elsewhere, they are an almost extinct species,
it is reported.
Birds, they say, couple for
life. They remain faithful to each other
throughout life. There are stories of how
one partner commits suicide if the other dies or gets killed. I cannot vouch for its truthfulness, but if
so, we humans have a lot to learn from these gentle creatures.
