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<\/p>\naaheliG, aakankshaS, aartiK, abi, aditiK, aggie, aindrila, ajay.gang, akansha, akhila, akshaya, akshraP, alafiaB, alanna, alexP, alfie, alisha.anu, alyshaA, amritaS, anaita, aneri, anila, andreaN, anindita, anjuM, annabellaP, annukampa, anishaA, anishaD’S, anjana, ankitaG, ankitaT, antaraT, \u00a0anthonyD, anuG, anuI, anupamaA, anupreetD, anuradhaP, anusha, \u00a0aparnaA, aparnaK, aparnaT, apna, archanaB, arpitaN, arshiaK, arshiyaKh, arthur, arushi, ashika, ashwiniM, atashi, avinash, ayeshaA, ayeshaB,<\/p>\n
barkhaS, beena, bianca, brindaD, binaiferS, boscoR,<\/p>\n
carl, carlM, caroline, celina, chandani, charisma, cherylDs, chitraN, chloe, chong, christie, christineF, claudette, clydeG, \u00a0cynara,<\/p>\n
debrani, deepaliD, deepaShe, deepaSom, deepikaM, derek.sonia, delzin, devayani, dishaK, dikshaN, divyaD, divyaN, diyaB, durga,<\/p>\n
edwina, esha, farinaz, fayann,<\/p>\n
gandhaliK, gargiM, gauriK, gautamiP, gautamiS, geetaC, gennyF, gennyS, georgeC, gizelleD, gunjan,<\/p>\n
habiba, heba, hima, ishaG,<\/p>\n
jahnaviD, jankiM, jasmineM, jayantP, joaquimT, joseLuis, joynelF, juliaD, juliaJ, ibtisam,<\/p>\n
jenniferG, jenniferT, jennyP, joey, johnM,jonita, udeA, jyotsnaM,<\/p>\n
karenD, karenF, karenMont, karinD, karishmaC, karishmaH, karishmaS, kashu, kavithaP, kavyaR, ketakiM, kevin, kiera, kimL, kimM, komal, krutiT, kunaliS,<\/p>\n
latika, leahU, lexley, lilyB, lloyd.cheryl, loo, \u00a0lornaD, louella,<\/p>\n
maitreyi, manaliG, manasiP, manasviS, manavika, maneeshaP, maniniC, maranna, marietts, marisaD, marisaM, maryA, mary-annC, maryD, mayuri, meenakshiI, meenakshiG, meetaT, meherM, melanieC, melwynR, \u00a0menakaD, menakaP, merin, merle, minoshka, mirabelle, mishka, mitchelle, mohiniA, moina,<\/p>\n
namita, nanda, nanditaM, nakitaS.natashaSal, natashaB, natashaLed, natashaLo, natashaSha, navya, nayanaK, neenaz, nehaDS, nehal, neharika, nehaS, neisha, nirmalaG, nidhiA, nidhie, nikitaD’C, nikitaDesh, nimisha, nipa, nishi, niveditaV,<\/p>\n
oleen,pallaviK, pallaviS, \u00a0parinaz, patR, paulaB, payalS, payalV, \u00a0pearlD, pervin, petal, poonamB, prachiS, pradnyaB, pranjali, \u00a0preetiR, prekshaB, prerana, priyaB, priyaM, priyankaR, priyankaSeb, priyankaSS, priyankaSur, \u00a0priyaR, pruthaS, puja, puneet,<\/p>\n
raashiR, radhikaB, rakhee, rakhshanda, rashmiR, rashnaI, rasikaV, reema, renitaF, renukaR, rheaC, rheaD, richaS, richikaP, riyaK, roanna, roopina, roshanBala, \u00a0roshniM, roxaneK, ruchikaB, ruchiPal, ruta,<\/p>\n
salim, saloniD, samataA, sameen, samiraM, sanchari, sandraM, sandhya, sarahT, saritaP, saroj, sasha, savioCra, sayaliK, schnelle, shalakaP, shalmaliG, shalmaliS, shamsah, shanisseD, shantala, shantiV, sharanya, sharmistha, sharonN, sharonP, sharvari, shetalS, shilpaS, shonali, shireenL, shivaniS, shreyaT, shriyaC, shriyaP, shrutiW, shwetaD, shwetaR, simmi, simrinV, snehaT, sidhdhiS, simone, smitaJ, smritiJ, snehaK, snehaT, sohiniM, soniaM, soniaT, sonyaO, soniaJ, sophiaJ, stan, stuti, sujataS, sunitaI, supriyaC, supriyaR, swatiG, swatiS, swethaA,<\/p>\n
tanazN, tanviS, tanyaM, tarang, tehseen, tess, thaiza, tomK, trinjhna, trupti,<\/p>\n
ujjaini, urvijaa, utsha, vaidehiC, valerie, valetta, vanithaK, varsha, veena, veeraF, vibhaK, vidhiG, vidyaN, vineetaB, vivien, wendyD,<\/p>\n
yakuta, yvette, zaver,\u00a0zenia,<\/p>\n
(attachment music : Singing in the Rain)<\/p>\n
My dear<\/p>\n
Sharing with you an old exciting happening.<\/p>\n
Friday, 8th October 2010.<\/p>\n
That was quite a while ago but it is\u00a0a date to remember for me.<\/p>\n
The first flower bloomed in my\u00a0little garden on that day.<\/p>\n
Senecio Grahamii – a wild country sunflower named after a botanist (John Graham) who discovered it on the Khandala hill slopes. The botanist, I am told, is buried in a cemetery in\u00a0one of our Khandala Jesuit villas….<\/p>\n
I am sure that he too smiled contentedly at the bloom of this first flower in the little garden behind my counselling centre in St. Xavier’s College.<\/p>\n
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As flowers go it was not anything that would win a prize in a flower show. Nowhere near that! Very ordinary to look at. And about the same diameter as a 25 paise coin.<\/p>\n
One would wonder at the fuss about sharing something so insignificant.<\/p>\n
I think it was Tagore who said : “The big things in life are for everyone..<\/p>\n
The little things are for those whom I love…”!<\/p>\n
There is something special about a little first flower.<\/p>\n
Like there is something special about a first anything!<\/p>\n
And I am excited and happy about this first little yellow flower in all the green that bloomed comfortably outside my windows.<\/p>\n
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The little flower is hardly visible in this old picture\u00a0but it is there, a little above and to the left of the big toe of my right foot!!<\/p>\n
In the months following, the green grew luxuriantly and totally covered all\u00a0of the grills on my windows.<\/p>\n
And when I open my windows now my room has a lot if that soothing comforting nature look that\u00a0is such a rare sight in a city like ours….<\/p>\n
I just wanted to share that first flower in my little garden with you….<\/p>\n
There have been many other blooms since then, flowers and vegetables and even fruit (bananas!). The garden keeps growing and glowing!<\/p>\n
There have also been butterflies and tailor birds and squirrels…<\/p>\n
Once upon a time that whole backyard was a convenient place for dumping rubble and debris and broken furniture. I am glad that I have done something to change that.<\/p>\n
I guess one can work similar changes one\u2019s life too!<\/p>\n
From debris and rubble to green and bloom!<\/p>\n
Lots of that in your own life too!<\/p>\n
Take care. Love, Terry<\/p>\n
terryq@xaviers.edu<\/a> aaheliG, aakankshaS, aartiK, abi, aditiK, aggie, aindrila, ajay.gang, akansha, akhila, akshaya, akshraP, alafiaB, alanna, alexP, alfie, alisha.anu, alyshaA, amritaS, anaita, aneri, anila, andreaN, anindita, anjuM, annabellaP, annukampa, anishaA, anishaD’S, anjana, ankitaG, ankitaT, antaraT, \u00a0anthonyD, anuG, anuI, anupamaA, anupreetD, anuradhaP, anusha, \u00a0aparnaA, aparnaK, aparnaT, apna, archanaB, arpitaN, arshiaK, arshiyaKh, arthur, arushi, ashika, ashwiniM, atashi, avinash, ayeshaA, … <\/p>\n
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