Date:07/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/07/stories/2009010750550200.htm

Kerala

At least they don’t fly away

ARTIFICIAL PET: Keeping artificial birds at home has certain advantages over keeping live ones considering the busy lifestyle of working people. A ‘bird seller’ with a colourful set of artificial birds at Mananchira in Kozhikode.