How many of you have seen a jugnu (firefly) recently? A week? A month? A year? Or was that many years ago?
I am sure most of us would have not seen one in many years. I am one of them too.
I was mesmerised by the program Betu was watching today morning where they showed fireflies flitting and glowing in the night in a jungle. Although it was an animated cartoon but it brought around my last memory of seeing the fireflies in person. It must have been about 12 years ago. And that memory is still etched in my mind. It was in Bhuvaneshwar and time would have been around 7 pm. It was already pitch dark because sun sets early on the east and I was strolling in front of our guest house. And then I saw a thuja(morpankhi) plant twinkling from too to bottom. It seemed as every inch of the plant had been decorated with electric lights. The entire plant was glimmering because of these fireflies. It was such a magical and mesmerising view that the whole moment is crystal clear still in my mind.
Now that I have been reminded of that memory, I so want to see those fireflies again! With Betu. I so want to see that amazed and awed look on his face. I want to see that gleam in his eyes which I had when I saw that plant full of fireflies!
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We see some every now and then in our back yard. Do plan a trip to Atlanta sometime(well not just for the fire flies)!
ReplyDeleteAhh...that was loooooooong time back, may be some 20 yrs back!
ReplyDeleteI wanna see them again !
aaah.. we saw some fire flies recently..a year or so ago! Nantu was bewildered... he kept asking where their batteries were, but would love for him to see it again.. I think this time around he will be better prepared!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I realize why Kolkata holds such charm for people living outside it! I see fireflies quite regularly near Baby's place, and also a little farther down - a walk we used to regularly take when a flyover broke down. One day we actually saw a whole swarm of them, weaving in and out of the tall grass, lighting up the place - it was so so mesmerisingly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteit's been really really long. seriously. beautiful creatures, aren't they?
ReplyDeletehi, i was just browzin thru some blog came across urs. Jugnu well my nick name is jugnu i guess coz i got shiny eyes, i have memory of catchin those fireflies in hands and then releasing them wat a pleasure to see light flowin out of ones hands.
ReplyDeleteEven I saw some recently at a friends' backyard (in Atlanta too). Even I was quite amused to see them after ages. My friends daughter(about 8yrs old) was trying to catch them using a insect kit and she was successful. Amazing isn't it?
ReplyDeleteReally, its been ages since I saw them! They were a part of my growing years, along with catching butterflies, watching caterpillars, trying to chase sparrows away ... Wish my daughter gets to see all these before they become extinct...
ReplyDeleteBeen few years. Remember seeing them, [lots of them in bunches] on our visit to my naani's gauv. Grandparents are no more, and our visits to village has stopped..
ReplyDeleteWonder how D would react of she spots one. hmm..
4 years back may be ..we can see loads in my grandparents house :)
ReplyDeleteWith their short lived life, and yet such a glow in them, they tend to be my favorite insects.
ReplyDeletethese smalls joys of life are fast vanishing though i still some of them when i visit my mom's house in delhi, hasnt seen one in blore yet though
ReplyDeleteAMAZING CREATURES...wonder if they still exist in cities...
ReplyDeletei am back on the blog
April 2006, Calcutta. My friends could get them easily in their palms. I never could.
ReplyDeleteThey are magical the first time u see them. We just got used to them in Calcutta.
Funnily, i did not miss them once Calcutta was over.
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ReplyDeletewe have them in some caves here about 2hrs drive south -its a tourist attraction and I saw them there about 10yrs back...I had totally forgotten about it that my kids have never seen a firefly - have to take them there these holidays, its not that far.
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ReplyDeletei dont even remember seeing so many at a time anywhere...
would love to, someday soon!
You shud spend a vacation in Bhutan with me someday & u can have bagfulls of jugnus....:) I have just returned & our evening routine was catching jugnus for Ansh & setting them free in a dark bedroom.....:)
ReplyDeleteNostalgic.
ReplyDeleteA trip back to the most precious spaces preserved in my brain.Grannie was there.Silence and some chirping voices.The evening prayers.Sound of a metal bucket splashing in to the well...Then i saw them.Hundreds of fireflies.I forgot the month,the year,even what i was doing at that time.
But the joy return whenever i visit that space in my brain.
You took me there.
Thanx
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