I had been to Jaipur on an official tour on 4th and my onward journey was to Delhi on early morning of 5th July. Our Vehicle Driver was on leave and so I decided to walk down the distance from our Guest House to the Airport. It was barely one kilometer and so I decided to walk down and play my role in reducing my carbon foot print and at the same time make an attempt to burn a few grams of my over flowing body fat !
Except few morning walkers there wasn't anybody on the road at 6 am in the morning and I could merrily walk down the road, eating some neem leaves. There were plenty of them all along the road and I could easily savour some of them.
Then came the sight of a flying peacock, yes a flying peacock. I was the only one on the road who could see his smooth sailing of close to 100 meters or so. I was simply stunned and stood my ground with my eyes wide open. I could not see the peacock fluttering its wings nor any noise, you may call it as a glide, unabashed. I had to wait 33 years of my life to see a peacock flying, it is always better late than never.
I had seen plenty of them after I came to Ahmedabad, even saw them dancing on television. I had watched their movements clandestinely when I had been to ESCI, Hyderabad. But to see a peacock flying unhindered and sail smoothly was simply mind blowing.
I was in no mood to capture it on my mobile or take a video as I simply loved that very moment, enjoyed it to the fullest and thanked my driver for being on leave. Nature keeps on offering us beauties time and again, we simply fail to capture them, apparently busy with some thing which we don't know, running after some thing which is well beyond our reach.
We were always taught that peacock is a "bird", but we never had the patience to go and watch him fly. We were to busy to watch his pictures on glossy papers and memorize that he is national bird of India and dances when it rains. Thanks "Jaipur" for showing me a flying peacock !
Except few morning walkers there wasn't anybody on the road at 6 am in the morning and I could merrily walk down the road, eating some neem leaves. There were plenty of them all along the road and I could easily savour some of them.
Then came the sight of a flying peacock, yes a flying peacock. I was the only one on the road who could see his smooth sailing of close to 100 meters or so. I was simply stunned and stood my ground with my eyes wide open. I could not see the peacock fluttering its wings nor any noise, you may call it as a glide, unabashed. I had to wait 33 years of my life to see a peacock flying, it is always better late than never.
I had seen plenty of them after I came to Ahmedabad, even saw them dancing on television. I had watched their movements clandestinely when I had been to ESCI, Hyderabad. But to see a peacock flying unhindered and sail smoothly was simply mind blowing.
I was in no mood to capture it on my mobile or take a video as I simply loved that very moment, enjoyed it to the fullest and thanked my driver for being on leave. Nature keeps on offering us beauties time and again, we simply fail to capture them, apparently busy with some thing which we don't know, running after some thing which is well beyond our reach.
We were always taught that peacock is a "bird", but we never had the patience to go and watch him fly. We were to busy to watch his pictures on glossy papers and memorize that he is national bird of India and dances when it rains. Thanks "Jaipur" for showing me a flying peacock !
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