Bilal Bahadur

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These days one police station in Kashmir is echoing with chirping. A thing of wonder is: a nest of barn swallows has come up perching on ceiling inside the Dogra era building-turned-Hazratbal Police Station. So, now you know, what was that ‘swallowing’ inside police station all about, no?
DSC_4230Cops say chirping is getting loud inside the police station these days. With their mother on flight mode for the sake of their survival, these recently born swallows keep nagging for food and mother’s warmth.DSC_4338Here is the dear mother, guarding her chirping young ones, like a vigilant cop. Cops say this mother showed up at the police station a month ago and made rounds with straw and soil till the nest came up on the ceiling. Perhaps, this aerial mother is lucky enough to create what is unthinkable for others. Some two legs are indeed more than equal. DSC_4320And when she couldn’t take her young ones’ chirping anymore, she swiftly took an aerial route to comfort them. Truly, an ounce of mother, as they say, is worth a pound of clergy. Okay, stop that chirping now!DSC_4402And, there she was, face to face with her nagging ones with a mouthful of food. In the ‘house of correction’ though, such scenes are certainly celebratory, right? DSC_4406And then she flew back to business. Out she went to fetch food for her young lots resounding ambiance with chirping again. But what an obstinate, yet synonymous, yell of depart!DSC_4410But hey, they know how to behave in absence of their mother. Amid gazing eyes inside, they kept quiet, perhaps getting cautious of the space they were in!

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