My Favourite Guest

It was a summer afternoon, when I found a yellow berry inside my room which might have entered my house along with the wind.

As I took it in my hands I tried to recollect the name of the berry and I suddenly realised that it was a berry of the Neem tree.

I took it and planted it in my mud pot and few weeks later it was germinated into a little sapling. 

I had an unspoken bond with my Neem sapling as I watered it every day and with each passing month it grew taller and taller till it reached my height.

Today it has grown taller than me and I feel very proud of my little seed which arrived at my place like a special guest and now acquired a special place in my kitchen garden as well as my heart.

I share this story with my family and friends and they also marvel at the nature's decision of planting the right seed at the right place.

It was a sheer coincidence that few days ago, I was thinking of planting a Neem tree in my kitchen garden.

When I will build my summer house in Uttarakhand, I would love to plant my favourite Neem tree in my garden as I have a deep bond with my Neem plant and I know that this is a mutual feeling between me and my plant.