Gulmohar
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* I’ve been thinking about the Gulmohar trees back home a lot lately. Have you seen a Gulmohar tree? It is a glorious tree with the prettiest flaming red flowers; like a tall, upright girl with a mass of red, frenzied curls. In English, the tree is known as ‘Delonix Regia,’ I can’t even pronounce the name properly, besides it doesn’t sound as romantic as ‘Gulmohar’ – so let’s just stick to the desi name. In Lahore, I’ve grown up amongst Gulmohar trees, Amaltas trees (Cassia Fistula) and those beautiful, pre-partition trees that line the roads in Cantonment – like wizened, old, giants, creatures from another world, these pre-partition beauties shade the area, Cantonment, with their leafy branches, their protective presence. They are glorious. Thankfully, they hapakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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