I noticed this Bulbul sitting surrounded by a loop of metal cable, calling out loudly! Its direction was towards this bunch of white flowers in our garden.
I heard this bird call after reading in the newspaper about recent shoot out in Manipur and escalation of war in the Palestine-Israel territories and adjacent areas in Lebanon, Iran, etc. The Russian and Ukrainian conflict is non-negotiable as of now.
The indifferent and sometimes defiant mood of the president elect of the USA adds to this anxiety to all those who waited for peace conversations to dominate after the elections!
A bulbul inside a loop of metal cable! Its enclosure is a symbol of millions in war prone areas living their reduced lives with limited access to food, water, medicines, home....!
I wish those who matter and decide the political and geographical destiny of nations would hear the desperate bird call of this Bulbul! Let me be free!
Freedom and the space to be oneself is a birthright! All those who are greedy of occupying the territory that is genuinely of others deprive others from being themselves in their homeland!
It is only another two weeks, when we shall enter the season of advent!
The annual ritual of returning to recall the first Bethlehem scene is a pilgrimage to return with peace within!
I wish the nations who inflict hurts and injury on others will become peace promoters!
The inward looking to promote, me, mine and myself is a journey backward in history, unmindful of neighbours and each other! That was a story, from where we liberated ourselves to live freely for each other!
With the archbishop Canterbury resigning from his office, facing charges of cover up, we witness another scene, when those in positions of responsibility to promote, love, peace and brotherhood have failed us!
This season of advent is a time of giving, forgiving and healing!
Will the nations of this world where the state promotes violence, aggression and harm, pause and return to be protectors of the vulnerable!
Even a Bulbul calls out for such a change in attitude and practice!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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