As I sat on my chair sipping my cup of tea last Sunday morning, listening to the song "Jaha Pe Savera Ho, Bassera Wahi Hai” from the movie, Bassera on FM radio, they play all oldies and classics until 2pm on Sundays.. While having my tea I always sit on my cane chair, which faces my few plants I have in my home. There is this flowery plant that I am so fond of.. I got it from a nursery; it was a tiny shrub then, with just few flowers on them. It was the bright green leaves and the bright orange lil flowers that made me pick this plant. The Maali in the nursery had told me to keep it indoors and to keep it in the sunlight on alternate mornings.
So I placed it inside my bedroom, until a friend of mine told me to keep it outside the house or throw it away since this plant has lots of thorns and this fact is not good for ones well being ( she is so much in Vastu and Feng Shui) .. I did as she advised me and put it outside my bedroom window as you can see it in the picture attached.
Recently I added another channel to my window to accommodate the mosquito net.. but now the problem arose that this pot of plant would not fit outside the window anymore for lack of space.. And since I loved it so much, I decided to keep it inside my home and placed it in my living room.. in the beginning for a few days the plant looked amazing adorned with lil orange flowers on it and it added to the look of my living room and I felt thrilled every time I looked at it .. Though at the back of my mind I remembered my friends advise not to keep this thorny plant inside my home, but I kept throwing away that thought from my system and convinced myself that nothing of these sort happens, when God is there for us, nothing can stand against us was anyways, my line which keeps me going everyday.. So I was happy to have that plant inside my home now. Every morning when I have my tea, I keep looking at my plants as they are right in front of my eyes just besides the windows..
But this Sunday I felt the flowers are no longer bright orange, nor the leaves a brighter green as they used to be.. as if they got two shades lighter.. I was a bit upset, but what to do now was worrying me.. Infact I thought - now the plant should have been or felt better inside, without the direct sun rays hitting on it the whole day.. Or crows and pigeons pecking it..and originally it was meant to be inside only.. so whats wrong now… But this song was the answer to all my queries.. It’s the fact that Jaha Pe Savera Ho, Bassera Wohi Hai.. So my plant too had got used to settling down outside the windows whole day in the open.. And now that I moved it inside it feels caged and forced to live inside the house with no options but to give in to its masters command.. I felt like one selfish human being for a moment, I kept it outside initially though I was suppose to keep it indoors and for my own reasons I shifted it out and now inside again.. Felt guilty but again I had no choice, coz there is no other place that I can keep it, apart from replanting it to another small pot.. That too would not be right for the plant..
As I recollect listening to that song, it ends with the opposite.. “Jaha Pe Bassera Ho Savera Wohi Hai”.. Well I decided to leave it there only.. Coz like human beings I am sure my plant too will adjust to live inside my house along with us.. Just like how we humans adjust to our environment after a while and Jaaha Rahete Hai Wohi Ke Ho Jaate Hai Hum.,. My plants too will learn to accept and adjust the new surroundings that they now have to come to terms with.. Though now they appear to be sad and gloomy, but I hope they will be fine in few days, I will check them for a while, and if I see no improvement then the last option would be to let them go.. AAH :( Would place the pot down in the garden of my building... then maybe while having my cup of tea, I would pull the chair much closer to the window, where down below in the garden I can see my plant.. Though I will miss having it in my house closer to me, I will be happier to watch it grow with its original bright green leaves and bright green orange flowers and blooming with Joy.. And maybe this would make up for my selfishness as well… but at the same time I’d pray that I never have to let it go away from me… that’s the selfish me again…
Cheers Liz.. ;)
