
When The Birds Return...
- Sriranga VN

- Jul 23, 2025
- 1 min read
🕊️🌾 "When the Birds Come Back"......
At Ananda Neelam, we don’t measure success in yield or profit.
We measure it in birdsong.
Each time a spotted dove returns to the neem tree, or the bulbuls fight over papaya, we know we’re doing something right.
Because birds don’t visit where the soil is poisoned.
They don’t build nests where silence reigns.
They come where life regenerates — where weeds are left wild, grains are sun-dried, and water flows gently from pond to patch.
🌻 Sustainability isn’t a checklist.
It’s a rhythm — of giving back, of watching closely, of becoming a part of the web.
The birds teach us this every day:
That waste is a feast for someone else.
That migration is natural — and so is rest.
That freedom and interdependence can sing in the same sky.
On this farm, we farm not just for humans.
We plant for parakeets.
We leave fruit for squirrels.
We let the barn owl live rent-free — because what it offers is priceless.
🌱 In the end, a sustainable life is one that welcomes back the wild —
Not just in the trees, but in our hearts.
Come, listen.
The birds are trying to tell us something ancient.
And beautiful.
Sriranga...EarthUps





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