Man and a sparrow named “chioo”: 5

Man and a sparrow named “chioo”: 5

There was the man and the “chioo”.

Suddenly she disappeared. No “bhurrrrrr-bhurrrrrr” around, no “chioo-chioo” in the courtyard. No straws scattered in the rooms, in fact there is no place in the rooms to build a nest. On the walls, there are even no frames of photos of grandpas and grandmas and pictures of gods and goddesses.

There is no chioo to show to the baby while telling him the old, now irrelevant, story of “chioo and kaoo”.

She was a part of his life and she disappeared as if sliced off from his existence.

How did it happen, and when, and why?

They were self-dependent and free birds, un-disturbing, living by themselves. Why did man touch them?

Did he really know nothing or was he ignorant?

Was he imbecile enough to understand nothing or was he indifferent enough to refuse to understand?

Or was he selfish enough to pretend that he knew nothing?

There was a man. --- But now there was no chioo. 

Katha 02 – Man, bucket and water – F

One man used to get half bucketful of water every day.

But that is not the rule.

It is possible that sometimes he would get two or even three buckets of water, and sometimes he might not get even half.

And it is not even his right to get at least half. So he can’t blame. And of course, there was nobody to blame.

One day he got no water at all.

And on some other day he got two buckets of water. So he didn’t blame  

One day one man got no water.

And on next day also he got no water. And for many days he got no water at all. But there was nobody to ask for, nobody to provide and nobody to blame. So he didn’t blame. And he died.

And there was a man who got no water at all for many days. So he blamed and blamed. And he died. He also died.

But everybody dies. So, we can only say, he died early.

One man used to get half bucketful of water every day.

But again there is no rule.

So, one day he got one bucketful plus more. The bucket was overflowing and he had no other bucket. He had to keep it overflowing and the water was wasted.

But as such he had no use of it. So the excess water was a waste anyway.

One man used to get half bucketful of water every day.

But one day he got more and the bucket was overflowing and overflowing and overflowing. The water was pouring down and there was a flood of water. He drowned in the water and died.

But everybody dies. So, we can only say, he died early. Or, can we? What is early, timely or late?