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The Pigeon Diaries-Part 2

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So here's some exciting news! But first, see this. Two eggs!!!! Now for the surprise! Lo and behold.. One of them hatched!(:Today morning:)) And the mommy pigeon, looking at them and us, in an alert manner!! Hoping the other one hatches soooooonn :D Also, this is my 20th post!! So thank you all!:):*

Old world charms...

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 Spending an afternoon watching vehicles whizz by and people walking by, sipping Hyderabad's iconic irani chai ,  along with  osmania biscuits   and samosas in the city's famed Garden Restaurant with the Clock Tower looming large,   is indeed a memorable pleasure, as it reminds one of the slow paced, fun filled life, before the advent of the modern technology. 

A short story.

"The seat beside her was empty." The seat next to her in the library was empty."She cared a naught". She cared a naught. For,she was lost in that book. "Her hair flew around her face, playfully". She took that bit of hair and tucked it gently, behind her ear. "While she waited for him, she whistled a song quietly, to herself." She hummed her favourite song while reading the book. "The song done, she drummed her fingers on her lap, looking for something else to do. Craning her neck in every direction, she tried to spot something that would interest her, something to pass time for. She spotted a book, lying on the ground, staring at her helplessly. She picked it up and dusted it off. Why it was her favourite! The one she had been searching for, a week ago-To kill a mocking bird. She settled herself comfortably on the seat , and started reading." She flipped the page. She hadn't noticed, that a man had filled in the seat next to her, ...

The Pigeon Diaries-Part 1

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On what seemed like a normally hot summery afternoon that soon turned rainy, the pigeons came into the balcony, as usual, flapping wings and making sounds as though just to irritate me. They stayed there till rain stopped.   The next afternoon, to my surprise, I find the pigeon, very comfortably seated, in a tulsi pot. A tulsi pot that too!! What a choice!! No amount of shooing or clapping hands would budge the pigeon. The problem only escalated, towards the evening, when the maid servant tried to shoo it away.Flapping its wings and making that irritating noise, it almost pecked her! Of course, the mother instinct had come into play. By now you would've understood. It had laid an egg!!!                                                                 Excitement building on? Stay tuned for updates!:)