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00:00Every house has a special identity, whose vitality is formed by the people living here, by the animals, by the environment around it.
00:09Today we are going to introduce you to a house that has its own story.
00:14This house is in the Panjipur area of Benaras, whose name is Totewala Ghar.
00:19Eight people live in this house, but the beauty of this house is formed by the hundreds of birds living here.
00:27These birds include parrots, crickets, pigeons, and bulbuls.
00:32Every morning and evening, these birds come to this house from Kalrava and roam in the surrounding environment.
00:40First of all, look at these hundreds of birds living in Totewala Ghar.
00:45Every morning, these birds come to this house with their Kalrava and work here to graze.
00:52From their Kalrava and their walk, the whole area around is filled with noise and play.
01:01The head of this house, Jai Prakash Singh, takes care of these birds.
01:05Jai Prakash Singh says that since 2000, he has decided to serve these birds.
01:11There used to be a cowherd in his lane, for whom he used to sow seeds first.
01:16After that, a pair of parrots came, who used to eat his seeds.
01:20And after that, today the statistics have become such that in 24 years,
01:24more than 1500 parrots come to his house and work every morning and evening to sow seeds.
01:31Jai Prakash Singh says that these parrots are like his family.
01:35The day these parrots do not come, his whole house, this area seems empty.
01:40He says that these parrots come every day after covering a distance of 30-40 km.
01:45And this is the only such area of Benaras where people get to see so many parrots.
01:52He said that the main meal of these parrots is rice.
01:56They are given rice every morning and evening.
01:59And they eat a lot of rice.
02:02We started this campaign in 2002.
02:05Two cowherds used to come to my house.
02:09So we started giving them some rice and seeds.
02:13After seeing them, a pair of parrots came.
02:17So we gave them more rice and seeds.
02:20And when they ate two parrots and started going from our roof,
02:24they called out to all the parrots on their way.
02:35Gradually, the number of parrots increased.
02:38Today, at least 700-800 parrots come to our roof.
02:45In which the number of parrots is less and the number of parrots is the highest.
02:49We get about 1,400-1,500 parrots every year.
02:52Both meetings, morning and evening.
02:54When there is new crop in the field, the number increases.
02:59When the crop is ready to be harvested, the number of parrots increases.
03:05For us, it takes at least five years for the parrots to come.
03:08We enquire about them at least 20 times.
03:11They didn't come today, they didn't come today, they didn't come today.
03:14We are worried that they are hungry today.
03:18And we do this so that other people can see us.
03:23Because only this will go together and nothing else in the world will go together.
03:27We are called the house of parrots.
03:30And we got this inspiration because of Ashok Agrawal Dhoopchandi.
03:36He always encouraged us to never stop working.
03:40You must be very fortunate that so many birds come to your roof.
03:44That's why we give them two hours, two and a half hours in the morning and evening.
03:48Apart from this, we serve the bull, we serve the dog, we do medicine.
03:53We stop the injured animals that pass by our shop and give them medicine.
04:01We do it with what we have in our hands, otherwise we call the doctor.
04:04In this work of Mr. Jayprakash, his wife also helps him a lot.
04:09The day he doesn't stay, she feeds these birds in the morning.
04:14She takes care of them.
04:16She says that it feels very good when our house is known as the house of parrots.
04:21These birds are like members of our family for us.
04:25The day they don't stay, our world feels empty.
04:29We feed them, we help them.
04:32If they don't stay, we call the workers to come down and feed them.
04:40It feels very good.
04:42They spread all over the roof.
04:44You will see at 3.30, they come so much that no one moves.
04:48They don't move, they hide.
04:50They eat everything and leave.
04:52They don't eat today.
04:54Or when it starts raining, they fly away.
04:56It feels like a child.
04:58When I come here, I see that there are a lot of parrots and birds.
05:04There are pigeons.
05:06I have been in Benaras for 20-22 years, but I have not seen so many parrots and birds anywhere else.
05:12How do you feel?
05:14I feel very good.
05:16I have to come to my brother to see them.
05:20What kind of inspiration do you get when you see them?
05:26I see that I am a little busy myself.
05:30But still, when I see my brother, I call my family at home.
05:34It is the National Bird Day.
05:37Jai Prakash Singh, a resident of Benaras, is not only making people aware of birds,
05:44but he is also giving a different message on how to love and care for birds.
05:52Jai Prakash says that we have only one request.
05:56CM Yogi Adityanath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wherever flyovers are made,
06:01government buildings are built, big buildings are built,
06:04there must be a small nest for these birds to live.
06:08So that these birds can get a means of food to live.
06:13So that the way they are disappearing, their generation is ending,
06:19so that they can be saved.
06:21I would like to say to our Chief Minister Yogi,
06:26that all government buildings, over bridges, whatever is built,
06:31to make use of the nest of parrots, to make use of the house of parrots,
06:37to encourage the engineers and OCRs to have a nest on every building.
06:43We want that all the buildings, whether private or government,
06:49on their roofs, on the outside, in a safe place, people should make use of the nest.
06:55It can be said that this house of parrots built in the Pandipur area of Benaras,
07:02not only gives an example of how people should love birds,
07:08but these birds have a different, beautiful, happy world.
07:14With camera person Manoj, Pratima Tiwari, ETV Bharat, Varanasi.