Might sound strange, but i noticed how beautiful Dhaka looks with
Krishnachura blossoms only last year! so many years of living and growing up in the city and i never noticed how beautifully the orange umbrellas of
Krishnachura trees in full bloom adorn the city in spring and summer. was reading in wiki that
Krishnachura's origin is in Madagascar. how did the flamboyant 'flame tree' get to Bangladesh? where did the first
Krishnachura bloom? how did the red-orange flame spread to the entire country? Found this lovely poem by
Amitava Chakrabarty on the net:
"Krishnachura tree,
W
ith spring it gets drenched in blood
Of
spring's love-lorn heart
On it the lonely cuckoo croons,
Resonating untold wounds
"
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