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July 20, 2009

Cubbon Park: Hudson Circle Gate



Decoding our DNA.

The number of trees in the city may not have kept pace with the number of people but the truth is that the city is not called the Garden City for nothing. 

Throughout its short history, this city has made its rulers, influential citizens and residents, lovers of trees, gardens, flower and all things green and colourful. The people who created a green city out of a dry, brown plateau that's far away from life-giving rivers that usually spawn cities. (Read The Greening of Bangalore Story by P. Dasharathi here

Today, to find out the age of a locality in Bangalore, all we have to do is measure the girth of the trees. Visitors to city often go back with stems and seeds of exotic roses and flowering plants they see in the  private gardens of their hosts (Or from Lalbag). When Heads of State visit us, we make them plant a tree. These days it's CEOs of multi-national companies. And it's not just Mallige, Soppu and Tarkari that goes in the procession outside the Benglureans door each day, we usually have the men pushing a heavy cart selling plotted plants too. 

Even today, the event that draws the maximum number of people in the city continues to be the flower shows that are held twice a year at Lalbag. And thankfully, the cutting of trees is also the only thing that brings the people of the city out on to the streets.  

The trees in Benglur may be down, but they are not out because love for trees is something that still defines a lot of what makes us Benglureans. 

And finally, here's a treat for your eyes: Flowering trees of Bangalore by S.Karthikeyan


7 comments:

Marijke said...

Trees give u oxygen...which we all need to badly.
awesome pic as always
Njoy

Abha Iyengar said...

Nice one, Gopsl. So Indian, and yet so universal this instinctive worship of nature. Thank god we are not self conscious yet in this worship, and do accept the power and munificence of nature.

Anonymous said...

Respecting trees (or any other life form for that matter) for what they are - and not what they're useful for - goes a long way in maintenance and development of a peaceful co-existence with other inhabitants of the planet. I'm happy with our city for showing kindness to the trees.

Ittigecement said...
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Ittigecement said...

ಅವರವ ಭಾವಕ್ಕೆ...
ಗೋಪಾಲ್ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹುಡುಕಾಟಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನದೊಂದು ಸಲಾಮ್...

ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ...

magiceye said...

brilliant depiction!

Unknown said...

Nice post on Cubbon park . Its a very fresh and calming place to spend quality time. The information about the Cubbon park timings , entry fee, location etc is very important before planning a visit.

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