The elusive 'gopi hakki' greets the dawn with a lilting melody every day. Also known as the Malabar Whistling Thrush, this bird catches the imagination of the poetess who waits every morning to be serenaded by its beautiful song. But try as she might, she is unable to spot the bird. Preferring to be heard rather than seen, all that the bird offers is an occasional flash of its brilliant blue plumage. The whistling melodies of the gopi hakki, the nature that nurtures life, and small but significant aspects of everyday life, have inspired this collection of evocative poems by Smt. Savitri Krishnamurthy.