Never give up


Shantha wanted to cut the big, beautiful, Rain tree or in Tamil Toongumoonji Maram, which she felt was a nuisance right before her house, also some stupid belief that this tree was inauspicious. Shantha could not see the beauty of the lovely pink flowers that Vikram her husband and Meera her daughter saw. The duo used to sit out on the balcony and talk for hours together about different topics; they felt the tree was a part of their conversation. One day Vikram died, which came as a great shock for Meera, before the shock could be digested Shantha called the corporation men and chopped the tree fully as she had none to oppose now. Meera missed both the tree and her dad. Days passed by and Shantha ensured that the tree never grew back. After a few years when Shantha had grown old and didn’t have much energy to check her garden, Meera found a small sapling of the Rain tree growing right next to the old tree. By the time Shantha died, the sapling grew into a small tree. Maybe nature has her own ways to satisfy herself and her lovers.

*பல வேடிக்கை மனிதரைப் போலே —

 நான் வீழ்வே னென்று நினைத் தாயோ?

* One of my favorite lines from the great poet Mahakavi Bharathiyar. Meaning “Did you think that I would fail like foolish men” Here I felt nature saying this back to my character, Meera.

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