A leafless tree, no matter where easily draws our attention. Some people take it along in their stride as they move on while some others stop for a while to look at it. Although it’s hard to define what kind of thought goes on in the minds of people at the sight but two things I’m sure in connection are that for thinkers, philosophers and scientists it carries some special meanings and reasoning while for the common people like me it may or may not be a special sight.
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A leafless Tree |
Not too long ago, I came across this leafless tree (picture alongside) at the Padmapukur Park, South City in Kolkata while I was busy completing a project for our Life Breezy’s YouTube Channel. But all my advantages went for a toss when I saw it. As soon as I saw it for the first time it demanded my attention. I switched off my camera and inched closer towards it to scrutinise it properly with my naked eyes. My curiosity got aroused and I sat down on one of the benches nearby the tree to view it from a better angle from the top to the bottom.
Interestingly, all the other trees around were laden with leaves and greenery except the one that gathered my attention. The cooler breeze blowing from the inner pond of the park were shaking the branches and leaves of other trees vigorously and they were responding to the rhythm of the breeze in full spirit. Their happiness was reflecting in their vigorous to and fro movement along with the breeze.
However, my mind was still occupied with the thought of the leafless tree and while I was sitting face to face with it I wanted to find more about it, anyhow. I thought it might be one of those species of trees that bear no leaves during a particular season of the year. If it would have been so I would have no complaint in my heart considering the fact that it would regain its leaves in the future. However, my worst fear was that what if maybe due to some diseases it might have lost its greenery. The entire evening array of thoughts like these surfaced and disappeared from my mind.
Unfortunately, there was no one to clear my doubt about the leafless tree. I tried my best to speak to the security person at the park but he answered with a smile that he was in no position to answer my query since he has joined his job recently. My curiosity was at its peak and I stood under the tree to scrutinise it properly. In no time, a couple of young men also joined me to find out what caught my attention at that point of time. Soon a few more curious passers-by stood beside me and started staring at the upward direction with me. As soon as I noticed this, to my mind, I felt a bit awkward and embarrassed discovering the crowd gathering around me. Of them, a young boy held my hand politely and asked me, “Uncle, kya hua (what happened)?” Not expecting this question to be thrown at me at once, I mumbled in a hurry, “Kuch nahi beta (nothing son)!”.
After this, I made my way back home, uploaded my video to YouTube during the night but my curiosity remained an unanswered query. If anything, I promised myself in a silence that to clear my doubt I would get back to the venue once again in the next season expecting to find the tree regaining its lost greenery. Indeed, that would bring a grand smile on my face and melt all my worries away. That said the decision for the time being turned out to be a life-changer for me.