Development!

The Mango tree in front of my house!

It stands tall and arrogant ….Have seen it erect ..all by itself .. challenging the others in the lane with its swagger and with the circumference of its chest.. Always happy and fresh .. I have seen it for the last five years… It has nurtured my feelings and emotions all these years .. I have only taken from it…. Never given back anything…

He ..and not it… is unique… He has fruits all the year round!!

Any point of time…it has small green sour mangoes hanging on the fresh branches.. i love them in my pickle bottle..

It always has some mature green ones which are untouchables for me and who I leave to enjoy the transition from puberty to ripe youth…

There are a few orange, few semi red, few semi yellow.. some half green and half yellow.. and some with plethora of shades making it the fruit royal!

I taught my son colours couple of years back…green .. orange , what red is and of course yellow ... The mango tree aided me in the same..

The tree has been with US for years now… He is part of our daily chores.. When he wants to shed some leaves. it adds to the chores of our gardener ..

He gives us the most delicious mangoes ….

My Mango tree is the best .. sturdiest, longest, greenest hunk of the lane!

A sad Thursday.. viral fever afflicting of us and then this un-green scene in the lane..

I have counted 72 chopped trunks in the lane -today!!!
All in the name of infrastructural development..

My tree still sways with its usual swagger… I dread the coming weeks..

Just saw a Chinese mark vehicle with a Chinese gentleman talking to my security guard!

God bless the week ahead

A Day with the Bonobos…

Promises to keep.! One is often burdened with the heavy responsibilities that come along with this seven letter word- Promise! This one was made early this week to my 5.5 year old son. Visit to Bonobos reserve park this Sunday! And I couldn’t escape the ordeal of driving some 30 kms away from the city to visit this reserve park for Bonobos. In the bargain , I missed out on my tennis and the mutton Biryani.

While my son had made elaborate plans which ranged from peanuts and bananas for Bonobos and marsh mellows, chips, juice and sandwiches for the visitors, I was more keen on the 3 kilometer trek through the woods.

And the bag had to be prepared the evening before ! Yes we went to the super market at 9 pm to ensure we had stuff which suited the pallete of the mighty Bonobos, The peanuts at home were summarily rejected by Rudra because they were spicy and the bonobos might not relish that!!

Bonobos- 98% of the genetic imprint is like homo sapiens . Could see that; They could peel off bananas in a more dexterous manner than me! . Found only in the Congos – precisely to the south of river Congo, They were elevated to a species status in early 20th century. Till then they were considered to be from the family of chimpanzees and are still popularly known as pygmy or dwarf chimps.

The most amazing thing which I noticed when a bonobos spread its palm to take a banana from Rudra- The presence of heart line, head line and a life line – akin to the human palm…

Are palmists and astrologers listening…

I kept trying hard to delve into the 2 % difference in the genetic imprint from the Homo sapiens .. I couldn’t observe a thing till the guide enlightened me –

When the Bonobos have a disagreement with each other they tend to hug or share food instead of having a fight. Bonobos have never been observed to KILL each other.

How different from the Homo Sapiens!!