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Tree-node named Shafa

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​How quickly they heal and how elegantly reshape their scars and wounds. Around the same time last year a severe storm and bludgeoned a large branch node off this tree leaving a gash which felt dreadfully painful. In less than an year it has strongly shaped itself to a lion?, a bear? or maybe a large faced monkey or even a dog. Whatever the shape be, it has fascinated me every morning. The walk is never complete without cupping it in my hand each day, like a live pet. It has been christened Shafa. How is the name? – 08 June 2025

आब-ओ-हवा ही ख़राब है मुल्क की, इस बेचारे पेड़ का क्या क़ुसूर है।

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आब-ओ-हवा ही ख़राब है मुल्क की, इस बेचारे पेड़ का क्या क़ुसूर है।

If humans take inspiration from nature why not the other way round. Art can mimic its surroundings When weird is normal. This tree, for your information, is inside a cremation ground. The creative expression you see is entirely NATURAL and devoid of any external intervention. The caretaker and attending pandit vouches for the authenticity of the tree, its talent and the artwork you see. 

The Seven Year Itch as expressed by a tree. (27 January 2022. We had gone for the cremation of Nalini Taneja’s mother)

वो क्या कहा था मियां ग़ालिब नें 
ज़ख्म के भरने तलक नाख़ून न बढ़ आएंगे क्या  

ये सब पेड़ का अपना किया धराया है।  यहाँ आकर कौन ऐसी हरकत करेगा, इस जगह ? नहीं नहीं मैं नहीं मानता और पंडत इतना ठरकी  तो नहीं दिखता। यकीन मानिये ये पेड़ शमशान ग्राउंड अन्दर खड़ा है, उस जगह जहाँ लोग लाश को जलाने से पहले इकठ्ठा होते हैं।