Not a world threatening event I guess but shook me for a while-- the ancient large tree just adjacent to my office in mumbai,india , broke and collapsed and died-- saw the mumbai police and fire brigade personnel cutting it down to small pieces and moving it away so that the blocked traffic of cars and people could resume. This tree was amazing-- had a creeper of a special kind growing right upto its full height of about a four srorey building. this creeper was not of the money plant type ,but a special kind known as Bel Vel -- the favourite plant of the hindu god Shiva. I was not aware of it for many years until a doctor mentioned to me that it was special. just touching this tree in the morning ,gave a strange kind of fullness and calmness to the mind and body. Now just a ugly stump remains. Maybe time for me to move on to another office. Maybe not. At 64 , every day i feel like i am a survivor and wish silently that God will take me away before i become totally useless and dependent on others. This collapse of this great tree of over 100 years old, is trying to tell me something!! capt samson ezekiel . Email: captezekiel@gmail.com
