Summer is near the corner & the most visible flower to
be seen is the Mogra, or known as Arabian Jasmine in English. At all the flower stalls, the hawkers sitting
on the footpath with their basket to the florists near your place, one can find
mogra garlands. This little white bloom is known for its intoxicating fragrance
which lifts your mood.
At our Kolkata home my mother had planted several mogra plants & before the onset of summer the little plants
would start flowering, every evening the mogra buds would start blooming &
fill the breeze with its mesmerizing fragrance.
Kolkata summers are very hot & humid, during the day
it’s too hot but nights are a bit breezy
& warmer. Every evening those little
white blooms would fill the summer breeze with its fragrance & perhaps made
it a little bit cooler. Before the onset of summer my mother would rush to the
nearest nursery to get herself a new plant, so that we could experience more
flowers.
Here in Mumbai my mother buys mogra garlands to offer to her deity, more or
less every summer days she makes a visit to the florist to get new fresh flowers. Speaking of my experience
here I see so many women wearing mogra garlands or only a flower on their hair
as accessories. They wear it everywhere whether they are going for a function,
to their workplace etc… while travelling in a train early morning sometimes I
find women wearing the flower in their hair, in that crowded train, where all
women quarrelling for a place to stand,
the sweet smell of the flowers ease out a little bit of tensed environment out
there.
Image Courtesy: http://rajyash.blogspot.in/2012/04/mogra-flower.html
