Foreword
'One Minute Birding' by Supraja Kannan, daughter of my friend Mr. R. Kannan of Thillaisthanam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India, is an interesting and informative work. The author's total involvement in her subject makes the reader wonder. Initially, she puts forward some reasonable questions. Though they are simple, many of us aren't in a position to answer them affirmatively.
We see such creatures in our daily life, but we don't spare time to know them. Actually, they're very near, before our eyes, making endearing voices and cheerful calls. We neither watch their beautiful colours nor listen to their melodious voices. If we lend our ears and eyes, we can grasp more. They'd impact us much.
We're attending to our daily business, caring little for them. If we think and proceed to watch, we'll get a kind of satisfaction that can't be expressed in words. The author shares what she realized and experienced and makes us feel the same. She takes us to another world we haven't attempted before.
While going through the book, I felt as if, I too had wings and accompanied the birds on their journey. The pictures shared by her speak volumes and make one realize the affinity she had with her winged friends. Nature comes to her in handy. She appeals to readers to spare a minute to know about those perky creatures and their special features.
Now let's spare just a minute and think. It'll lead to bewilderment and lots of information will start pouring in. She starts with 'Raising tunes of the Koels in the morning' and moves on with 40 types of encounters she faced. Now we're taken to an unknown world.
Supraja Kannan, a vivid reader, deserves appreciation for carefully following the sweet creatures and meticulously recording the anecdotes in a sublime manner. No doubt, after reading the book, one would automatically start watching birds. I'm happy to share that the author of this book, following the footsteps of her beloved father, is also editing a monthly e-magazine, ‘Payum Oli’, in Tamil, containing articles and poems on multifarious subjects, which is about to cross the one hundred mark shortly. I wish her success in her endeavours.
An introduction about the book by the author: One Minute Birding
Link to get the book: One Minute Birding
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My Foreword to the book
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