Lake Memoir – Usha Rajagopalan "Lakeika"

Bird tales from Puttakere

As you eat, so shall you poop The trees on the island at our Puttenahalli Puttakere have turned white with splotches of bird poop. At first, we attributed it to the Brahminy kite which was then nesting on the tall Terminalia arjuna. We saw the chick grow and hop from one branch to another. WhenContinue reading “Bird tales from Puttakere”

The Boy and The Plastic Bottle

I saw the boy as soon as he turned the corner but he was too busy kicking an empty plastic bottle along the pathway to see anything else or anyone. Each time he ran towards it, the knapsack slipped from his shoulders. He hitched it back and sent the bottle flying. I wanted to catchContinue reading “The Boy and The Plastic Bottle”