My parents love taking care of little birds. Currently they have four birds at home. Normally during the day time, their cage is put outside and during the night time we bring the cage inside. The cage has a small pot inside for leaving water for the birds. Also there is a small dish for the grains.

They are a noisy bunch. They make such a racket that you would think someone’s attacking the cage. The cage has to be strong, because Cats have a habit of attacking them. But it hasn’t happened so far in this particular house.

I have very vivid memories of small birds kept in a cage in our house when we were kids.

I started from Pune on the evening of 25th November. Konark Express was on time and it reached the station sharp at 1900 hrs. I did not have a confirmed ticket. Since I had booked it at the last moment the best that I could get was RAC. But luckily my ticket got confirmed and I got a berth.

Since this journey is a long one(around 36 hours) it tends to get boring. I took a couple of magazines and a few novels on my phone to pass the time. Giving company to me was a young student from IIT Bombay. It was nice talking to him.

Hyderabad was the only place where I got down from the train. We reached Hyderabad at around 7 am next morning. Had a breakfast of Idli and Vada.

I passed the day by reading a short writeup on the Google way of doing business and by conversing with my co-passengers. Eventually the day ended and I woke up the next day when the train was just about to reach Bhubaneshwar. Daddy had come to receive me.