Let me acquaint you with these words from Guru Nanak Ji –
It is high time each one of us does our bit to protect the environment like a crusader.
My romance with trees began as I walked out of school to see red silk cotton flowers falling plop-plop on the ground. They dropped with a seductive thud and I was smitten by the satiny texture lurking inside their sepals. I was enthralled with the sweet-smelling Devil Tree.
How can one be impervious to the splendour of yellow laburnums, pink kachnars, Persian lilacs, violet jacarandas, scarlet gulmohars, or flame of the forest?
“I sauntered below your sprawling banyan tree
A toddler playing house-house
Amidst violet petunias and sunny nasturtium
Mother Nature, your basket nurtured me with luscious tastes and scents
While I guzzle fossil fuel as petrol and kerosene
To race my automobiles on your ample chest
I will lie on a bamboo pyre tied with jute rope
Logs will burn to make me ash
I am taking this moment to thank you for your mercies
For I had neglected a selfless mother like all ungrateful wretches do”
“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug” – Helen Keller
I sign off by requesting my readers to do their tiny bit to preserve our wondrous nature for the coming generations.
Darakht haathh hilaate thhe rahnumai ko Musafiron ne toh Kuchh bhi nahin kaha Mujh se (IA Quraishi)
In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous
– Aristotle
