We have mostly seen parrots in a cage.Maybe we have seen a few of them in pristine locales like forests, or lush green gardens back home.But it would be a rareity to see a parrot sitting on the window sill in the concrete jungle of a bustling city.
The unthinkable happened this morning!
A large parrot was sitting on my window sill of my living room ,chirping and singing away to glory.I wondered where it came from?It must have had  taken a fugitive flight out of its cage for sure. It might have been locked in it for ages.Perhaps it had to learn how to fly all over again the very hard way.But there it was,taking a brief breather of rest while enjoying it's sole celebration of it's new found freedom, as I saw it through the transluscent curtains behind the glass window.To take a click of this rare moment ,I had to move the curtain slightly.But it's faint rustle was like a starting gun for the bird.It gave a shrill shriek and happily flew away.I stood there with my phone empty handed.Yes a free bird flew away to its unknown destination!Nothing could capture it now..not even my phone camera.
© Avik Datta Gupta