Each flower has its own colour and charm !
Some flowers, which have a short life of one or two days might go unnoticed !
The Lilies in three colours in three different parts of the garden almost escaped my attention!
The photos of Pope Francis bidding farewell to his dog, before he passed away, tell a lot about the way every person develops the attachment behaviour in different ways. The dog refusing to leave his tomb, is a testimony to the bonding that existed!
I listened to a garden enthusiast who described me a lot about each plant and its flowers and fruits in the garden ! There is an emotional link that plants bring to his life.
I looked around in the garden for flowers in clusters! The photos below of two flowers from one stem caught my attention. They arose from the same branch, but there are differences between them! But what is common between them are lot more than the few differences.
There is a simmering tension in the Indo-Pakistan border brewing into a confrontation now, following the 'shoot at sight' behaviour of a few terrorists in Kashmir, hailing from Pakistan. About 26 tourists were killed. I am aware of a discriminatory attitude towards one religious community by the political dispensation that governs India at this time. It is unlike the peaceful orientation between the religious groups since independence. It is a sadness and grief which people of secular orientation carry within !
Ever since the partition of the two countries about seventy five years ago, the tensions did not settle down. The Kashmir territory, partly under control of Pakistan and the rest with India is the reason for tension. There is also a religious overtone perpetuating this conflict1
I go back to the last two photos above. What is common between the pairs of flowers which dominate and supersede the differences.
India and Pakistan closed the borders to each other now. Pakistan will not receive water from the river originating in the Indian land space!
I am afraid, that the three international leaders of the USA, Russia and China are also territorially ambitious and aggressive.
Humans are created to be fraternal. The post World War Two scene was a movement towards shared humanity! Now the Oligarchs and not politicians control the destiny of these three nations!
When we cannot see in each human face another person similar to us, we have lost most of the humane disposition natural to human beings!
The flowers in the photographs above bring me a message! Each person is like a flower who lives in the earth for a sort while. They are people of beauty and nobility!
Will people return to be fraternal!
That is the longing of many !
The killing of tourists is a gross aberration!
A war or territorial aggression is also a gross aberration!
It is terrible to think that the Indo-Pakistan conflict will get added to the lists of conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and in other places!
The flowers are symbols of peace!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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