The story of the birds on my balcony

I have been thinking about writing about these birds on my balcony for a week. And today is the day when I finally put my thoughts into action.

I live in second floor of my building. There is a small balcony attached on the bedroom. To the left side of my balcony, we've kept some old cardboard pieces. One day, we started to notice a Myna coming and depositing twigs and sticks and even chocolate wrappers on top of these cardboard pieces. The climate was really hot. So, Papa suggested, "why not make a nest for the bird?". So, we put another cardboard piece and adjusted it in such a way that it made roof and a door. We also put two bowls ; one, for water and another for food grains. So in short, it was a luxurious life for a bird!

After some days, when Amma went to give the bird water, she saw 3 eggs in the nest!

And from that day onwards, everyday I used to go and check whether the eggs had hatched. And one fine day, I heard chirping!Yes, the eggs had hatched! Believe me, it wasn't a very beautiful sight. They were really small, featherless and pink. Yuck!

After the eggs had hatched, it was not very easy to go out and stand in the balcony. The Mama Myna and Papa Myna will razz and fly over our heads. It was scary. Especially how they come out of nowhere. What to say... they are very protective.

Mama Myna on duty

 After 2-3 weeks, the babies grew feathers. But something disastrous happened. One of them went missing. How that happened is still a mystery unsolved. I believe, that a crow ate it. Or else, it might have fallen off the balcony.

Some days ago, when I checked, one of the remaining two was trying to get out of their 'home'. It was as if it wanted to fly. And it looked as if it could fly. I told Amma, to take off their door, so that it can come out and fly. We took off the door. The two birds came out. One of it had injured it's leg. The other one looked perfectly fine. We left them like that and went back in.
The Myna parents came home and started razzing like crazy! I didn't know why! Was it because they wanted us to close the nest's door? I don't know. What do we do now? I don't know. We just left it like the way it is.


Next day, I was ill and couldn't go to school. Amma went with my sister, downstairs to drop her to the bus stop. Over there, she saw the injured baby myna. The mama myna and papa myna were close by. They were trying to save their baby from the hungry crow sitting nearby. Amma wanted to take the Baby myna with her to put her in the balcony again. But when she went close to it, the Mama Myna came and poked my Mom on her head and flew away! My Mom gave up soon and came back upstairs. The other Baby Myna was nowhere to be seen.

I don't know if they are alive now. I feel guilty over the whole situation. What if the birds were not ready to fly? I shouldn't have told Amma to open the door to the nest. I am calm now because I keep reminding myself that, this is how Nature works (Papa's words, by the way). Only humans question the nature. The animals and birds just accept everything the way it is.

The heart breaking part of the whole story is that, the Mama Myna still comes at times. It goes inside the nest, looks around and flies away to somewhere-I-don't-know. I wonder whether it is looking for it's kids.

End of the World or A Change in the World?

All of us, in one point of our lives, have thought about the end of the world. Am I right or Am I not wrong?
I have thought about it. Life and Death are two things that cannot be explained properly. There are many unanswerable questions under both these topics. Have you ever thought about it? Why do people die? Every second, a person is dying. Every second, a baby is born. I am not going to try to answer these questions or write philosophies or make my own theories. I saw a picture recently... well not recently... somewhere before the 21st of 2012 December. The picture you see below :

I never wanted the world to end. In spite of all the bad things in this world, I always thought that this World is a beautiful place to live in. I guess I am way too optimistic!
Let me confess, I forget to think about the people who wish that they could be in my place while I complain about how 'less' I have.
Then I think about this. It's really true... It will be better if the world ends rather than it continuing the way it is. There are a lot of terrible things happening in our world! The causes are none other than, Humans.
You see the kids in the picture...? I'm pretty sure, there will be more fruits in the shampoo of a rich man than their plates. We might cry silently in our homes thinking about these innocent kids. We might pray for them. But, is that the least you can do? No, it ain't.
There is a lot of changes that need to happen in our present world to make it a better place. There is world hunger, there are political problems, terrorism, atrocities against women... the list goes on and on.

It is a pity that our world has so many problems. The biggest problem : People's attitude towards them.
Half the world doesn't give a damn about things. The other half thinks that they can't do anything about it.
And there a few. very few, trying to bring a change. But they are not recognized in the big chaos. In fact, they are pushed away.

I can't possibly sit and type solutions for each and every problem in the entire world.
This post is just a reminder that we have the freedom to speak up. When we see something that is wrong, we have to speak and try to bring a change. It might be risky in some situations... but if you succeed, you will be the Hero.
You must have heard this : Life is short and it's all about taking risks.
So.. ready to be a Hero? Or give a Zero?

Growing Up...

Two weeks since I blogged. During these two weeks, I finished my 9th Grade and I am officially a 10th Grader now. I feel responsible, you know! It's not very likely to find a responsible Sagittarius girl. But that's what I am now. This is the first academic year that I started studying from the very first week. And this, makes me realize, I am 'growing up'. It still sounds weird to me!

Growing up is something I hate, but at the same, I love!

I miss those old days when we had nothing to worry about (Don't think too much. I am talking about simple stuffs.). Well, basically, I worry about every single thing even if I don't show it out.When we were kids, all we had to think was 'playing'! Not that I don't play nowadays... but there are other things which comes between playing and me. My childhood, I mostly spend them in India. We (my cousins and I) used to climb up trees and pretend that the trees were our homes. We used make up our own stories, enact them and record them.
- Sigh - .... If only I knew where those videos are now!!
We used to play lot many 'pretending games'. Our imaginations..! Oh... They were out this world..!!
During those days, I never thought, "Oh..what would she think if I did that?" , "Is it wrong if I do that?".
There were no "What if's " .... there were just... "Why not's ".
It reminds me of the song 'Never Grow Up' by Taylor Swift.
I still wonder why I can't stay like a kid forever... Scientifically, that's a very stupid question and I know it!

 Now you must be wondering "Then for what reason does Malavika love growing up?"

Oh! That's easy! I want to be independent.My dream is to be that girl who can stand on her own feet (do not take the literal meaning, please!). A stable job and happiness!
That's the only reason actually.

So yeah...basically I prefer to stay young as a kid!

Just another post!

Hey all..!!

No, I am not going to write about any social issues today...
It's just a school issue. A problem faced by the students! EXAMS!!!

Yeah, I couldn't blog for some days and it was because of exams. It's my final exams for 9th Grade.
First one was Maths. And it was the lengthiest Maths question paper I have ever seen in my life! Most of us couldn't complete... According to my calculations, if I see my maths teacher smiling through the school corridors, it means she hasn't started correcting our papers yet. If she is angry, that means she started correcting our papers. Till today, I always see her smiling... and that, obviously makes me smile too!

Writing the paper isn't a very BIG deal for me... But preparing for it, is. Studying for Geography is worst part in Social Studies..!! Sometimes, it makes me wish that my country wasn't that diverse (no, I don't actually mean that!) !! Sometimes, I get really tensed for some exams that I wish for weird, impossible things to happen. Like, "Oh god, I wish the earth will rotate super fast that tomorrow gets over in a minute and our exam gets cancelled!". The thing is, even if Earth does rotate super fast and one whole day is missed, our school wouldn't cancel our exams!! I know.... it's really stupid but in helpless situations, wishes become weird.
Till now, all the exams went well. Just well. I have this superstition that if I say my paper went really good, then my results will go bad... So, even if my paper went SUPER GOOD, I always say "It went okay, not bad.".

You know what? Tomorrow is the BIG day!! It's that last day of Exams!
Then, during these holidays, I will sleep and sleep a lot..! I need to compensate with all the 'waking-up-early' I did to prepare for the exams.