earthnow-aliya

North India its bitterly cold and snowing. .. In Hyderab ad its almost summer with the winter being is short spring.. Flowers are in bloom and t he green is fresh and flou rishing. Bees are buzzing... Parrots are back eating fruits of the petticoat palm.. .. beauty is bursting ..a silent riot of colours... Visually enchanting :the steadily growing flaming trumpet vine or the golden shower trumpet. Kalanchoe or flaming katy with flat glossy green succulent leaves... .. It blooms with small pretty red flowers . The flowers are grouped and tightly paced flower heads on long stems. Come April,t he sun supreme with its fierce rays makes the earth dry-parched.. the tem peratures rise – getting unbearable. Subsequently a high pressure area develops over the Indian Ocean while the intense heat over the Earth ( the Asian continent) creates rising air and surface low pressure. It gets insufferably hot and inevitably everyone is looking up towards the sky..waiting for...

Flowers of Monsoon in the garden: water lilies Anthurium Bird of paradise

T he term Monsoon is from Arabic MAWSIN : where in south Asia it rains... …… Its something magical about the rain drenched season of Monsoon that makes people go barmy. The first drop of water on the raw parched earth, the irre sistible fragrance afterwards.. every sub continental Indian ( from the stock exchange office in Mumbai to the urban to the rural farmer every patient with his bull and the p lough) looks towards the sky. Monsoon the romantic season of love. To procreate.. To go green.. Its mystical its joyful Its merriment around. & its most welcome. The Indian Economy thrives on monsoon.. F inance minister , Pranab Mukerjee , once said that : ‘ monsoon is the real finance minister of India ' . A good monsoon results in improved agricultural-growth,bringing down prices,reducing imports – thus food inflation under control. Essentially a good monsoon results in increased hydroelectric production. The industry wheels move and a positive rippl...