Author : Rumana Reza
We all know pigeon as a symbol of peace. No doubt that this bird looks cute and seems pretty neat and clean. But alas! I'm disappointed to see its real face !
Once on our balcony, a pair of pigeons made a nest. At the beginning, everything was going smooth and okay. We could put them on our meal menu easily but we didn't. We had some sympathy and felt them as part of our house.But when their first kid came,they started to show their true color gradually.....
They became more conscious and sensitive after getting their first baby. Mother of the baby was too aware of sounds and human movement. If we spoke something loudly then parents of the child started to observe us carefully. Their throats became more taller with suspicious eyes. We didn't want to disturb or scare them. Therefore, we used to talk and move carefully. It was really enchanting to see the feeding time. Mummy came with food & fed her hungry baby with selfless love.On the other side, dad played the role of a security guard to protect his baby's food from others. .....Few days gone.....Often we had to clean up a pile of crappy things from our balcony. But we didn't destroy their nest as they had a kid then .(Actually,they took a little space in our heart.) After some days,though their kid was not strong enough,they proved themselves as one of the dirtiest,characterless and volatile creature of the world.One day, the male one brought a new lady .From then, almost every evening , after heading back to nest, pigeon and two hens had fights . Their fighting was simply a disaster for our balcony. Next morning,quills were here and there on the floor .There was a tiny storm on our plants too.Total environment was filthy. No matter how we tried to get rid from them, they came back again and again.
One day, early in the morning ,we found the dead body of mother
hen. She is dead due to her hubby's second
marriage .He killed her brutally. After some months, things became more horrible. New two couples joined with old ones. sometimes whole night we couldn't sleep properly due to their fight. It became hard for us to stand on our own balcony! Not only that, one day , we got one of them in our bedroom! That means, they needed more space including ours!Then we called for a war against pigeons. Finally, we got succeeded.
Since last 3 months,there is no pigeon here,not on our balcony,nor the surroundings. "Swapna bilas"(next to our flat) was their main home. This bird might have some intuition powers. Therefore, before reforming of that building ,they shifted to other place.We miss their voices but whenever the picture of their rubbish tasks come in front of our eyes, start to hate again.
Since the ancient time, pigeons have been being used as messengers. Still they are taken as suspicious creature . Recently, a pigeon is declared as prisoner in India. That pigeon is accused as a spy ! If really so, then we shouldn't condemn that pigeon as guilty.It's not his/her fault.But unfortunately he/she is suffering due to his/her trainer. On the other hand, what I've described from my self observation about the character of pigeon here, couldn't sum up the total pigeon species.Different stories are everywhere.Those pigeons were jealous,aggressive, characterless and might be a tiny sick part of whole pigeon society. All pigeons might not be like them.We ,the human society, also have such kinda infected parts where some people putting on masks. As like as pigeon, they seem as gentle,humble,noble from outside. But deep inside, they are the poisons of our society.They are destroying our social structure,killing ethics. We should be aware in time, should find out their true colors and also should help others to reveal the truth . We should open their masks in front of people.It might be hard but not impossible to gain victory against them as like as our war against pigeons.
Copyright © 2015 by Rumana Reza
