At 74, This Nagpur Man Has Made Over 2700 Sparrow Nests From Discarded Wedding Cards

On most mornings in Nagpur, 74-year-old Ashok Tevani sits at a small table surrounded by stacks of old wedding invitation cards, chocolate boxes, and pieces of cardboard. With careful hands, he cuts, folds, and shapes the discarded materials into something unexpected — a tiny, colourful sparrow nest. It takes him nearly five to five-and-a-half hours to complete one. But for Tevani, lovingly called Tevani Kaka in his neighbourhood, each nest is more than just a craft project. It is a small effort to bring sparrows back into India’s rapidly changing cities. Over the past decade, he has made m...