OMENS

We believe in omens.

If the first thing we come across, as soon as we come out of the house, is a cow, a prostitute, a or milkman(the list is long), it is a good omen and you are distined to succeed in your mission. A bull, a widow or wood fuel are bad.

My experience is that a bad omen is bound to spoil my errand.

Yesterday I saw a pheasant called kakkathampuran (the king of crows) in Malayalam, with the the head resembling that of a crow and having  a long thick tail of copper brown colour,  and I succeeded in selling nine books, CHILDHOOD MEMOIRS, and so I added it the list of good omens!

The bird is found only in Keralam (by me). Its cries are heard very often, but rarely seen, as it hides in the branches of trees.