A Little Birdie Told Me.......

.....that sparrows are higher up on the list of priorities than humans in Bombay. No, seriously!!

The principal of my ex-college (HR College, Churchgate) Mrs. oh pardon me, DR. Indu Shahani is the current Sheriff of Bombay. Huge honour, huge responsibility, huge opportunity to bring about change right?? WRONG!!!

Her first order of business......sparrow conservation. While I agree wildlife conservation(do sparrows constitute wildlife)IS important, I'm sure that as a Sheriff she could have drawn attention to more pressing matters, like the floods we have every time it drizzles and the power crisis and the, well, everything else. But no, she is planning to spend scare public funds on setting up sparrow shelters. Who's gonna tell the sparrows that there are shelters for them?? Is she going to hire people to run around Bombay and catch sparrows so that those shelters are used?? Is she.....is it......are they???......ack!! it hurts my brain to think about it.She should be thankful if the sparrows don't mistake her hairset for a nest and treat THAT as a shelter. rotflmao.

Setting aside the fact that with all the hairspray she uses, a hole has formed in the ozone layer right above her head, she was an ok principal. I mean, sure, she doesn't pay attention to people who don't drive a merc(or two), but she doesn't unnecessarily meddle and I like that. But seriously....sparrows.....get a life woman!!! and stick to your day job :P

Tune in for part two of the rant, where I talk about how Indu Shahani is teaching Bombay-ites to whistle.

Till then I remain,
Slack-jawed in awe,
Bombay Diva