green – tea, paddy
sand, stone, river & boats
assam
Paddy is the lifeline here
Transplantation on for the summer rice
A Bodo lady in her village in Baska
(Bodoland Territorial Council)
The lady again with her daughter -
with clothes that she has woven herself
The Handloom - present in every house
Sustainable Practises
Biswanath Ghat on The Brahamaputra
Looks majestic even when it is dry
Fisherfolk with their boats -
just back from their venture into the river in the early morning
An abandoned lighthouse from the times of the British
A sole boatsman on the river
Guess the tree and flower?
The flower of high value
The tulsi worshipped in front of a house
of people belonging to the tea tribes
Another lifeline of Assam - Tea
Sun playing hide and seek with the clouds on
the way back from Biswanath Chariali
the flower is palash, or tesu as it is called in colloquial hindi..this is the flower which is known as the flame of the forest (the indian variety). if you visit MP right now, the whole jungles are full of it..and this is the same flower which was used to make colours for holi..whatever that lady is wearing is amazing, its a pity they didnt give you a sample..
ReplyDeleteIts Butea robusta if i remember my botany correctly.
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ReplyDeleteit seems it is not palash after all,
ReplyDeletemom says it is bombax malabaricum or semul red cotton tree
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butea_monosperma
yup, you guys are right..i got the two trees mixed up in my head. its sure semul but bombax ceiba..
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax_ceiba
this one gives the cotton from inside its pods..Palash or Dhak, as in Dhak ke teen pat, the hindi proverb is butea monosperma. check it out here..
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Flame%20of%20the%20Forest.html
thanks for the correction..
bombax.m is same as bombax.c
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombax_ceiba
the box on top right corner lists it as synonyms.
ok, you are right:) i went and checked it out at the definitive source - lalbagh botanical gardens at blore, this tree really is malabaricum, and not ceiba. i will try and post some pics of the ceiba tree, its much smaller, and has more green foliage than the tree which is photographed by suresh which has no leaves when it is flowering..thanks for correcting me. i now know for sure which tree it is..the box might list it as synonyms, but they really are not..
ReplyDeletei wouldn't know, i am just a messenger. but your dedication to sort this thing out is amazing
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