Semal trees

Semal trees

In April, it rains cotton in Delhi. The source of this cotton is the Semal tree or silk cotton tree which botanists call Bombax ceiba. It is for its showy, starfish-like scarlet flowers which bloom from February to March that city planners have adorned Delhi’s roads...
Arboreal Almanac

Arboreal Almanac

I often lose track of time. The pace of modern life is such. Sometimes days go by in such a blur, I have to check the calendar – What day is it exactly? Which month are we in? How long until the balmy summer gives way to cool rains? When will winter come? These...
Meaning-making from Trees

Meaning-making from Trees

Meanings are derived from ontologies. You know how we talk about humans looking up at the stars, reflecting on how they inspire thoughts and philosophies of comparative existence; that stars reminded them of the vastness of the world and the minuscule existence of...