Few days ago a very sad incident occurred in our Rainbow Vistas, a gated community where we have been living for the past almost 4years. One young software Engineer who lives in one of the towers  died of serious pulmonary infection, surprisingly the reason being, he had the habit of patronizing Pigeons and I am told hundreds of pigeons used to be there in his balcony although as they used to be fed by him and his family. In a matter of only 4 years he had contracted this serious lung problem and passed away at a very young age of about 45. And doctors diagnosed it as serious pulmonary disorder occurring due to Pigeons. The doctors opinion has been corroborated by an article in a Sunday magazine few days ago.( The Pigeon Paradox: feeding them could be bad for your lungs  dated 14th Sep )
The Pigeon occupies a prime place in urban India. As we all are aware, across India Pigeon feeding is quite popular. On my way to office I used to find vast quantities  maize strewn all over the road and the dividers with flocks of pigeons having a feast.
Surprisingly it is indicated that the instances of human pulmonary conditions that have been associated with pigeon proximity have been known to occur from early times in Kerala. I believe It is also said that the erstwhile aristocratic families fancied pigeons keeping as a tradition and a hobby and were known to pass away after contracting mysterious diseases. nfact as per the writer of the article there are several types of fungi present in pigeon dropping that can spread in the environment and transmitted to children and the elderly as well.  As a matter of fact the writer mentioned many technical terms like Hypersensitive pneumonitis , Zoonotic fungal disease, Cryptococosis etc , which are all Greek and Latin to me,. I just wanted to enlighten my FB friends on this subject whatever little I have read and understood.  I therefore request you, not to patronize pigeons at all.