Sourav Mahmud

I do not feel surprised to see a bird because born and brought up in Barisal, I am used to bird-watching every day. Since my childhood, I'm used to watching what birds do, what they eat, where they make nests, how they sleep, why they feel panic seeing humans and so on. However, those thoughts have not stopped yet.

Bangladesh is a country of starlings, shalik being the most common species. Jibanananda Das, in many of his poems, has expressed