Life as I have Seen It

Author(s): Urmila S Dholakia
Publisher: Urmila S Dholakia

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Life As I've seen it
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WHERE A THOUSAND AND FLOWERS BLOOM
It is in the nature of flowers to bloom and fill the air with their fragrance. It is even more so in a flower garden. Such flowers beautify the world and make it worth living in. This is equally true about another creation of nature, people, some of whom fill the world with their good deeds and thereby propagate their "fragrance". Such actions by people should be universal, but the question is: Why is such human "fragrance" becoming rare? Where has the human being gone wrong? Why is the symbiotic relationship between nature and humans breaking down? Why have the streams of love dried out? Looking around us today, it is natural, that such questions arise in our mind, but there are no satisfactory answers. Nevertheless, I continue to try.
While searching for answers to my questions. I came across a real-life story and I started feeling that perhaps the people in this story can answer my questions. The story is about one hundred years old, but the fragrance left by the people remains immortal, A vivid picture emerges of an extended family's intertwined relationships when we remember their story. They also point the way towards resolving an solving the complex questions and conflicts that arise in modern life. The hope that we
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