ഇപ്പോള്‍ വീട്ടിലിരുന്നു കമ്പനി മീറ്റിങ്ങുകളി ല്‍ വോട്ട് ചെയ്യാം!

ഓഹരി വിപണിയില്‍ ഉള്ള കമ്പനികളുടെ ഓഹരി ഉടമകള്‍ക്ക്  വീട്ടിലിരുന്നും കമ്പനി യോഗങ്ങളി ല്‍ വോട്ട് ചെയ്യാം.

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Bud of Hope

Parijat:  Nyctanthes arbor-tristis (Night-flowering Jasmine)

[This post was originally shared on October 2009 on "gather' -the networking space which had a premature end. But similarly and unfortunately the plant also died. Last June 2013 I bought a sapling and today, May 15, 2014 we saw the first flower! 2022-July- up above the roof so high!]

It is exciting to have a tree of #Parijat (Pavizhamalli -local) in your garden.

 

We have been searching for a sapling since long time.

When we found one in the local temple, the old man there refused a branch saying one cannot take it from a temple garden!

But we found one unexpectedly at another place and cracked a small branch. 

It was so small. We put it for one night in water and next morning I planted it. Alas! That day the sun was so hot that the branch dried and by evening all the leaves were brown! 

We kept watering. After two days the rain began. Good rain for two weeks. 

At the top edge of the part above the ground, there was this bud!

The tree of hope!

Then alas! It died again..........!

The new sapling brought last year (June 2013) was good. It grew. Look how big the leaves are!

Then there was this flower bud yesterday (May 14, 2014)!!!!!

and today we saw the first flower at last!

Mythology

The scriptures tell us that the original Parijata tree was brought to earth by Lord Krishna from the heavenly abode of Indra. The presently known Parijata trees were named after this legendary tree due to their beautiful and sweet fragrance. Each morning the Parijat flowers must be gathered from the ground, as they fall from the tree daily as soon as opening.

(Ref: Krishnastore.com)

Reference: Wikepedia: (acknowledgement:snaps of flowers- from net with thanks)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parijata.jpg

[Krishna Uproots the Parijata Tree, Folio fromBhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord), 1525-1550 Painting]

Parijat appears in several Hindu myths. In one myth, which appears in Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, Parijat appeared as the result of the Samudra manthan (Churning of the Milky Ocean). In another myth, Parijat was brought to earth byKrishna from Indra's garden.

In Hindu mythology, there is a story involving Lord Krishna about a parijat and Krishna's two wives, Satyabhama and Rukmini. Satyabhama wanted this "Parijat" tree from the Heaven to be planted in her garden. Rukmini too, took a fancy to the flower. Krishna, wanting to keep both his wives happy, planted this tree so that the flowers fell in Rukmini’s garden while the tree remained in Satyabhama’s garden.

The tree was planted in the garden of Indra, the Lord of Heavens. Even as Krishna stole a branch of the tree he was spotted by Indra. However, Indra desisted from placing a curse on Krishna since he was an incarnation of Vishnu. Still, Indra put forth a curse on the stolen branch that it will never bear fruit even though the flowers may bloom on the tree. Since the day the tree was planted at Barabanki (the wives' garden), it flowers but does not reproduce, because it has no seeds and the branch cannot take root.

Not only the tree has high medicinal values in Ayurveda and is divine to Hindus, but also has it's share of stories of it's romantic origin. According to hindu mythology, Parijathaka a princess was in love with sun and failed to win his heart,even after trying a lot. So She comitted suicide and from her ashes rose the tree parijatha. Unable to stand the sight of her love, she blooms only during night and sheds all the flowers (resembling tears) before the sun rises or with the touch of very first sun rays. The highly fragrant flowers bloom during night spreading there essence all to the surroundings. The courtyards filled with these flowers in the very morning is a bliss to eyes and their aroma arises your spirit. These are apparently only flowers that Hindus offer to GOD picked from the ground instead of plucking from the tree.

Oh! Lord, Bless us, as we could see the first flower this auspicious morning!

An update on August 05, 2016 The plant is up as a tree! 

Got this article link today 2022-07-10 from the second url. 
1 https://pharmeasy.in/blog/health-benefits-of-parijat-leaves-and-flowers/

2 https://www.thebetterindia.com/290377/how-to-grow-parijat-tree-at-home-harsingar-flower-night-jasmine/

Me Forever ….a Spectacular Prospect!

Me Forever ….a Spectacular Prospect!

Now I know who I shall become. Literally.

Move over Mr. James Bond. This is not another joke. I have just made that final decision. Mr. Bond should be interested, as I am going to glitter forever. Yes, I have found my passion. I was wondering about my future, ever since I was a child. While I was lying on my mother’s lap, I was told numerous stories about those twinkling stars in the sky. I was told, if I behaved as a good boy, I could become one, like Dhruva, some day. I do not know if I could keep that promise. Just note down, I might even be more famous than Barrack Obama. Stars are anyway so high up there that common men like me ended up loving their parallels in so many carats.

I knew my parents who knew their parents who knew their parents and that were perhaps the limit. At least for us common folks! This is all going to change, Oh! My dear champions of change, and soon we will all know who our great grandfathers were, if ‘Algordanza’ has its way. Do not confuse with Al Gore, though it certainly has an environmental connotation. I shall speak about that towards the end.

I am planning to become a Diamond. A Diamond! And believe me; its value will depend upon the carat and NOT on my value in this world. Even there, some inequality will be there, but I do not care. This is the epitome of ego I can think of (but cannot wear) and I am happy that E M Forster could not have imagined this. He could think of only ego from all possessions. This one will be transferred to up coming generations and I can sparkle as an adornment on my successor’s necks for years on without wearing and worrying, and letting them worrying about me, for a change.

I am told Algordanza is in the eastern Swiss Canton of Graubuenden, but I do not care as they are expanding and moreover they wouldn’t mind picking up my ashes as it will cost nothing compared to the 4500 to 17000 odd Swiss francs, that my successors will have to shell out to the Company. Successors will not worry as they will get something which adds value every year without any continuous outgo! Definitely maintenance costs, but a trifle I hope they might bear willingly for wearing me.

“Oh! This is just wild imagination”, did you say? No. The Company means business, if we can believe AFP. Potassium (K) and Calcium (Ca) which makes up about 85% of the ashes are first separated from Carbon. It is then subjected to high pressure and heat @1700 degrees C. The process compresses it into graphite, a carbon allotrope which is structurally a different form of carbon. More pressure and heat are applied on graphite to turn it into the hardest allotrope of carbon. It takes just eight weeks!

Well, can I have a unique one made on that precious soul; is that what you are asking? No way. You can get it documented. All this sounds interesting? Yes, by this way mankind can have numerous collections of diamonds in a few centuries! Is the technology invented now? AFP does not say anything. I do not know.

Just imagine, Poor Prince Myshkin could have avoided the embarrassment on the train to St. Petersburg, had he worn a diamond of those Late Myshkins. Oliver could have saved the trip to London had he just flashed that little lozenge around his neck. Poor Huckle, Petite……..now I am sad. You are telling me that these books and many like them, which are said to be the Gems of world literature, could not have been written as they lose face in front of diamonds, as the new documented ancestry evidence.

But we cannot resist change. Change is forever.

Environmentalists over the world, unite fast, you have nothing to lose except your bones! Diamonds are forever! So what are you waiting for? And mind me; this one is not for those who prefer that long sound sleep in cramped spaces. It rewards those who are willing to go off in ashes and smoke literally after that strenuous journey called Life.

(Indebted to The Hindu for news on July 11, 2008 and in turn AFP)

(July 2008)