Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder .....is a famous proverb. But it is only partly true. Beauty is also an inherent physical asset that is not too common. As a Mumbaikar, one gets to admire shop window displays and that's it. I prefer to see beauty in more natural objects.
On a trek through Yeoor, the pretty yellow lilies blooming along the forest floor of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, were beautiful. Their bright yellow hue was in stark contrast to the dead leaves strewn around them.
When I cross the roads near Metro theatre at Dhobi Talao, the miniscule, colourful primroses, are a treat to walk along. Pink, orange, white, purple primroses, altogether in little clusters of colour, among a bed of their slightly rough aromatic bright green foliage. The Maker must have invented them when He was at leisure to indulge Himself with such intricities.
Closer to my home, as I enter the neighbourhood, pretty clusters of periwinkle greet me with their bright pink plumes. I walk past looking in their direction and breathing in their slightly sharp scent. Such humble flowers and yet so they lend an exotic setting to the cement and stone and tar that surrounds this area. Their shiny leaves frame the beautiful flora.
These flowers are quite common in the Mumbai metro city. The symmetry and perfection that each little flower displays is very interesting. And all these humble flowers are of medicinal value too. So I can say 'beauty with a cause'.
On a trek through Yeoor, the pretty yellow lilies blooming along the forest floor of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, were beautiful. Their bright yellow hue was in stark contrast to the dead leaves strewn around them.
When I cross the roads near Metro theatre at Dhobi Talao, the miniscule, colourful primroses, are a treat to walk along. Pink, orange, white, purple primroses, altogether in little clusters of colour, among a bed of their slightly rough aromatic bright green foliage. The Maker must have invented them when He was at leisure to indulge Himself with such intricities.
Closer to my home, as I enter the neighbourhood, pretty clusters of periwinkle greet me with their bright pink plumes. I walk past looking in their direction and breathing in their slightly sharp scent. Such humble flowers and yet so they lend an exotic setting to the cement and stone and tar that surrounds this area. Their shiny leaves frame the beautiful flora.
These flowers are quite common in the Mumbai metro city. The symmetry and perfection that each little flower displays is very interesting. And all these humble flowers are of medicinal value too. So I can say 'beauty with a cause'.
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