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NAINA DISCOVERS WHAT'S DIFFERENTLY NATURAL


By Dr. R Sudarshan

Little Naina spent hours at the farm yesterday and wasn't willing to leave. Born, raised, and living in Zurich, her vision of nature is manicured rolling hills, well-architectured trees, school assembly like uniform fruit orchards, or a grand discipline for every element - air, water, soil, or grass to fall in line to perfect sight. And an extreme form of mutual respect where you can't flush the toilet or take a shower at night for the fear of disturbing the sleep of others. 

Unlike in Switzerland, several dozen types of fruits hung from the trees here. The shapes of leaves were astoundingly diverse. Worms crawled, birds constantly chirped, weeds grew wild and she didn't need permission to walk anywhere. Nothing was as manicured and speaking aloud did disturb the farmhands.

She had been to the Sunday market where she had tried every fruit that she had never seen in life - custard apple, water apple, ivy gourd, jack fruit, blackberry, and many others. She wanted to see how a banana plant looks, how passion fruits hang, how avocados grow, and a lot more.

One world. One people. But several forms of 'natural'.

For any relevant query, message 81051 12990.

Padma Farms (Gaddige Road), Farmer's House, 1A, 13th Cross, Kalidasa Road, VV Mohalla, Mysore.

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