Live and Let Live - by Sparrow.

I still remember the days when these chirpy little, light brown feathered birds hoping all around my home, eating the left over paddy seeds that my mother used to pick in the rice grains and throw them on the road. The days when the little boys of the neighbouring slum came hunting for these birds with their handmade catapult. The days when you would find a small dried grass nest in a corner of the house and would see a bird flying in and out every now and then with a full mouth. Your guessed it right, i am talking about the beautiful birds of yester years, the sparrows.

I was delighted to see these cute litle birds again in my balcony feeding on the broken rice grains. It has been a longtime since i saw them in such big numbers and this has given me lot of hope about their survival. I did a small study on the reasons for their dwindling numbers and was shocked with my findings. It was a mix of many factors, pollution and mobile technology being the prime ones. The mobile towers that have cropped up like mushrooms in and around the city, radiate high frequency microwaves which affect the reproductive behaviour of these little innocent birds. The high pollution levels in the city kills the smaller insects in air which otherwise would be the main natural diet of sparrows during their early stage of growth. Decrease in tree population has also affected the sparrows without any nesting places. The competition from other large birds has also affected sparrows in finding their natural food due overall decline in insect population in polluted cities.

I could then relate all these findings for the disappearance of these chirpy little birds. Felt very sad for these tiny ones. Man, in his quest for extra luxury and comfort seems to have forgotten his duty and responsibility as the most intelligent creature on earth. On one hand side, he seems to be making tremendous advancements in science and technology and on the other he has become ignorant on the concept of humanity and humility. Not mending our ways, if we happen to continue this trend, i think it wouldn't be too late for all of us to see a day in our life, when every other species would be extinct. So friends, lets do our bit in every possible way to allow our fellow species also to live.

Live and Let Live !