For the past month I have been woken by the cry of ‘Aaaaahhhh Muuuughi’ and today I have finally deciphered this strange noise. ‘Aaaaahhh Muuuuggghi’ is the cry of the chicken man. He walks about the city with a large wicker basket on his head, about a metre in diameter, stocked full of live chickens. Aaaaahhh Muuuuuughi’ is in fact mughi which is bangla for chicken. The scrawny birds sit in his basket, docile and bewildered. They look as if they know their fate and have given up hope.
