Bimalda what a wonderful observation . Its also a story of these three families that are ecologically sophisticated and kindly to a living form.
Cynicals will say its a source of yearly income. But how much can that be? I think the most prevailing thought must have been saving the tree, any tree, they perhaps would have even if it were a neem or a mango tree. bless them for being ecologically aware, open minded, and kindhearted. and thank you for bringing this story to us. usha di On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 10:42 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bimal ji, for the nice observation. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> > Date: 21 July 2018 at 18:24 > Subject: PROTECTION OF COCONUT TREE : COOCH BEHAR > To: > > > When we came to Cooch Behar in 1972, there were hardly any brick built > houses in this town, other than the palace, govt offices , some schools and > colleges. Every house was an individual unit with lot of space to have > trees and to maintain gardens. The floor of the hoses were either of wooden > planks or cemented. The side walls and the roofs were of tin. > Each house had few coconut trees. But as the concept of houses changed > gradually people opted for concrete structures. But they used to make the > house in such a way that coconut trees are accommodated. No other tree was > that lucky. I don't know the logic behind this preferential treatment to > coconut tree. Now the landscape is totally changed and it is changing very > fast. Many multistory building has come up.if you move around in the town > you will find many instances of accommodating coconut tree in the house. > Attaching three images of houses accommodating coconut tree. > First image is of a famous cloth shop ( LAXMINARAYAN BASTRALAYA ) , > located at the centre of this town , > Called HARISH PAL CHOWPATHI. When we came here this shop was housed in a > tin structure, but the coconut tree was there. In fact the trunk of this > tree is at the centre of the shop. Now the shop is in a concrete structure > of two floors, but the coconut tree is hail and hearty. > The second image is of a house where the tree is not exactly at the centre > but on a side. But it is accommodated. > In the third image the tree is out side the building ,but there are cuts > near the wall to accommodate the tree. > Recently this building was given a fresh coating of colour. In his wisdom > the owner of the house has applied the same colour on the trunk of the tree > ( matching ?? ). The result is in the image. Man , intelligent man thinks > trees are to be painted to give a better look. Misplaced conception. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
