Surprise Gift

The other day my Gardner, Kamalesh, brought three grown up plants. He said they belonged to someone else in the block. They discarded the plants because their pots had broken.

The pots broke because the plants had grown bigger. They had told Kamalesh to plant them in the park. But he knew I had a few pots which were without plants.

He planted them in my little garden. I paid him a token amount in lieu of his generous gifts.

This one belongs to the palm family.

This is a chilli plant. The one above is Raat ki Raani ir the queen of the night. The flowers have an intoxicating fragrance. But their life is just for one night.

They are sturdy plants. I asked him why the owners did not retain them by planting them in bigger pots. He shrugged and did not have any answer.

I guess some people only know the monetary worth of things and not their intrinsic value.