Sekar, popularly referred to as the birdman of Chennai, is an environmentalist at heart. His Facebook by-line says it all – let's grow trees and feed lives, a loose translation from Tamil. A cameraman by profession, he pursues a rare passion, of feeding thousands of parrots everyday in the morning and evening. I had read about him a lot, but didn’t pay much attention, until one day, I decided to meet him along with my friend Subhashini. He had asked us to come by 3.45 in the evening. We trudged through the urban concrete jungle of Triplicane, with an odd…
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