My guess is that it is a kite. Someone knows better please comment....

Photographs

Some of the birds of Okhla Bird Sanctuary.(These have not been taken by me)

Trees

Hey, Tree you in all your splendid glory
with your arms encompassing everything around it
Forever looking upto the skies
Bestowing shade to people underneath
with a bend because you are laden with fruit

Oh! look at those squirrels running in the branches,
not a care in the world
How can you be so benevolent
when everyone around you seems to think you are no good,
cuts you down with no thought about you being alive

How will we live when you are not around
not around to give us shade, shelter, food and wood.

I hope one day humans will understand that without you they are nothing
not even capable of living.

Save Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Is building more flyovers considered progress?
or
Is it having concrete all around you?
or
Is it battling with water and electricity woes during the summers?

We seem to think so.In the wake of global warming , instead of planting trees we are cutting them down.

Okhla bird park, just minutes away from Noida just under DND Flyway is home to over 400 species of birds and more than a 1000 species of migratory birds. It home to home more birds than the Bharatpur bird sanctuary. Cutting down trees, auctioning out land around it for mixed use purposes is bound to have a negative effect on the population of birds. Already the number of birds has decreased.
Moreover the land around it houses a lot of different ecological systems such as marshes, flood plains,grasslands and a variety of trees. If we are to concertize it ,it will mean a further drop in the ground water table which will add to our existing water problems.
Earlier, also in 2004 a petition was filed regarding illegal construction around it and the supreme court ordered all the authorities to stop the construction.
It is in our own best interests to save the bird sanctuary and the land around it.

Remember that the bird is not just home to the birds but also something which makes this place great.
It is in our hands to save it now.

P.S. please forward this to each and everyone you know.Please

Passion in vain

What happens when you have a passion
& you think everyday you are so near , yet so far.
When everyday you wake up thinking today's the perfect day
but it is not so.
when you see others living their dreams
& question yourself , "Why not me?"
I ask myself , " Why not me?
Who are you afraid of ?
Is it the world?
No, it can't be then you would not be here
Is it you?
yes, you are just afraid of yourself.
You are afraid of being different
but it is okay to be different.
It is, after all, the people who are different who make the real difference"