POWER OF CHOICE (LXXXV)

I always have power to choose, 

but I don't have power to escape the necessity of choice

Why is it always necessary to make a choice?

Why can't I have everything?

As the "change", the "choice" always remains constant

It's difficult to escape the same

It's always difficult to decide what is better

and in the end left with repentance.

GOVERNMENT MUSEUM, BHARATPUR, RAJASTHAN

LOVE (LXXXIV)

He is mature but innocent

Calm and diligent

He is bold but polite

And becomes more romantic after a beer bite

He is daring but lovable

Talkative and adorable

A wanderer

But his mind is settled

And it is her

In whom his heart is nestled.

KASAULI, HIMACHAL, INDIA

CONFUSION! (LXXXIII)

I want to escape this confusion

They say, “In order to escape the outer confusion, get rid of inner confusion”

But they haven’t explained how to be free from this inner confusion

What is this inner confusion?

What I am doing is correct or incorrect?

Is this good for me or not?

Am I the only one who think like this?

Am I the only one who is right and the whole world is wrong?

Am I the only truth and the whole world is false?

With each passage of time, the questions are increasing with no clue of answers

The only feeling I am left with is confusion

A feeling, which is different

Whether good or bad I don’t know

Oh! Again a confusion!

When will I be liberated from this confusion

Or the so called inner confusion.

Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, India

KEOLADEO (BHARATPUR) BIRD SANCTUARY- DAY 2 (LXXXII)

Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary famously known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is paradise for birds and eye candy for humans. Seeing the birds all around, birds of all colours, shapes and sizes - I felt I was in a different world.

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There were three options to go inside sanctuary- by cycle rickshaw, your own cycle or on foot. I couldn't control my love for cycling and we hired two bicycles and a guide Mr Prakash who had his own bicycle and a spotting scope.

ME ON CYCLE
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ASHISH POSING WITH HIS CYCLE

I was mesmerized by story of Mr Prakash. Prakash was very knowledgeable and very passionate about birds. I could see the happiness in his eyes when he spotted some rare birds. He told us that the spotting scope which costs around Rs 4 lacs was gifted to him by a foreigner who got very impressed from his knowledge and his jovial nature. 

PRAKASH'S SPOTTING SCOPE

We kept on following Prakash on our cycles and halting quietly wherever he stopped. Prakash is featured on BBC website also by one of their reporters. To spot a rare bird Prakash used to make sounds and told us to play certain bird calls on our mobiles through YouTube. With help of YouTube we were able to spot Siberian Ruby Throat from Siberia, rare and beautiful bird.

SPOT THE RED COLOUR IN THE PICTURE AND THAT'S THE THROAT OF BIRD SIBERIAN RUBY THROAT
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I was talking to Prakash trying to learn more about his life and in between the talks he mention about one of his friends- Dr Ahmad, the environmentalist. I had met Dr Ahmad before in Delhi. I had attended one of his sessions in Delhi in Sanjay Van, near Qutub Minar (Story of my visit to Sanjay Van- http://nancyagarwal.blogspot.in/2015/06/a-walk-in-forest-sanjay-van.html) and I thought indeed it is a small world.

MR PRAKASH

Birds- I developed a special love for birds after visiting this sanctuary. They are so artistic and every bird has some unique quality. Prakash told us that mostly the birds have arrived their names from famous bird watcher Mr Salim Ali, sometimes referred to as the "Birdman of India". Mr Ali used to sit for hours waiting for birds. He adopted a method where he used to tie a ring in birds' leg and leave them. It was found that the bird which left from India with the ring, that ring was found somewhere in Siberia. That was how the study of migratory birds was conducted. Later on that ring was replaced with transmitter to keep a track of their movements and directions. 

Here sharing pictures of some of the unique birds we spotted in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary:

EGYPTIAN VULTURE
PHOTO TAKEN THROUGH SPOTTING SCOPE

FOUR DIFFERENT KIND OF BIRDS COULD BE SPOTTED IN THE PICTURE

PURPLE HERON

WOOLLY-NECKED STORK
PRAKASH JOKED "MADAM SEE, HE IS OF YOUR PROFESSION- BLACK COAT AND WHITE COLLAR, EXACTLY LIKE A LAWYER" 

GREY HERON
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PAINTED STORK

INDIAN CRANE SARAS- IN BHARATPUR ONLY SEVEN PAIRS OF INDIAN SARAS ARE LEFT. INDIAN SARAS ARE FOUND IN PAIRS ONLY- MALE AND FEMALE AND IF ONE OF THEM DIES THE OTHER DIES AUTOMATICALLY. INDIAN SARAS IS PERFECT EXAMPLE OF TRUE LOVE. WE WERE ABLE TO SOPT 3 OUT OF SEVEN PAIRS. THE LOGO OF BHARATPUR BIRD SANCTUARY IS A BEAUTIFUL DANCING PAIR OF INDIAN SARAS. 

INDIAN SARAS

BLACK DRONGO

GREATER EGRET

Story of Day 1 was shared in previous post link for the same is

http://nancyagarwal.blogspot.in/2016/03/bharatpur-rajasthan-day-1-lxxvii.html