What would life be without the Trees, The
Rivers, the Blue skies and the chirping birds? Birds exists in over 10,000
species worldwide who live along with us and share the same ecosystem that we
do. Can you ever imagine life without these colourful, tiny creatures
fluttering over and above you; twittering and being your natural alarm?
Birds have a predominantly positive
connotation. Birds symbolize the power that helps people to speak reflectively
and leads them to be focused on their goal with the help of calculative
thought. Just as birds are lifted up
into the air by their feathers and can remain wherever they wish, the soul in
the body is elevated by thought and spreads its wings everywhere. They
represent the human desire to escape gravity, to reach the level of the angel.
The bird is often the disembodied human soul, free of its physical constraints.
Most of us neglect their existence and
consider their living as insignificant. They forget that they were persuaded
through this petite birds humming on the window panel or their balcony in the
infantile age to feed morsels of food by their parents. The ones who haven’t
gained inspiration by the flying birds while growing up have missed a major
lesson of life I would say.
We cannot fail to recall the worth of birds
in the ancient times to transmit messages. Before letters and emails, Birds
like Ravens, pigeons and eagles were used as message carriers. To the practical
thinkers, the blue bird that is popping up always on your Mobile/desktop screen
is also inspired by a bird. The Social networking site Twitter’s logo is a bird
in flight. It is the ultimate representation of freedom, hope and limitless
possibility. Major Brands of use
to humans like Tiny Owl, Dove, Nestle, Kingfisher, Swarovski are all inspired
by the specific features of the endearing birdies, in their creation and logo
design.
Furthermore, on a broader perspective the
technology and structure of the aeroplane is inspired by the physical elements
of a bird. When these birds gave us so much to learn why do we gruesomely kill
them?
Today on the occasion of Makar Sankaranti
when the sun begins its northward journey, people all over the country
celebrate this festival as a harvest festival. On the day of Makar Sankaranti
it is an important ritual to fly kites. Kite is taken as a symbol of having
high aspirations and elevated vision. The
festival spirit is showcased by flying the kites as high as possible. The real
excitement lies in cutting the kites of others. The more you cut the kites the
more is the gain for you in the coming year. But what about the Birds that get strangled in
the kite strings and lose their lives? Isn’t the onset of spring a duration of
happiness in their lives as well?
The
string used to fly kites are gummed and coated with powdered glass, this
strings are made dangerously sharp to slash the thread of an opponent’s kite
mid-air during kite fights.
Birds fly into these strings or are
entangled in them, causing deep cuts to their wings, nerve injuries, fractures,
dislocations and, in many cases, death. These fragile creatures who come out in
search of food for their young ones or for themselves are fed painful death.
During this holy festival we learn to feel
our oneness with all creation; we learn to be unselfish and to tread the path
of love, purity and forgiveness. We learn that our real wealth is the goodwill
and friendship of those around us and the land on which our food grows. So let
us eliminate the use of Glass coated strings to fly kites or moreover lets us
celebrate Makar Sankranti by engaging in singing and dancing, meeting old and
new friends and welcoming the spring season cheerfully.
Take an initiative to save our birds,
because the sky appears much beautiful with the gracefully flying birds than
the paper crafted kites.
P.S:
Fly kites in open grounds, carefully dispose strings entangled in trees
in your neighbourhood and use uncoated cotton threads.
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