** Meet Edwin Joseph – Bengaluru’s ‘Sparrow Man’

Meet Bengaluru’s ‘Sparrow Man’, 72-year-old Edwin Joseph, whose life revolves around the winged visitors.

In an inconspicuous corner of Bagalur Layout in Bengaluru, lives the city’s ‘Sparrow Man’. Edwin Joseph, 72, is visited by a host of sparrows, squirrels, a few pigeons and even bulbuls, and he is popular both as the sparrow whisperer and a Good Samaritan.

For almost 15 years now, Edwin has woken up to the chirping of sparrows at his window. He feeds them millets and sometimes khara mixture, rice, roti, and anything that is cooked for the household

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