The smile of the first step flower on a rainy day is deceiving the world! In every village, in every city, ‘Kadam’ gives the message of the arrival of rain everywhere. If Kadam flowers do not bloom, it will not rain. There is so much about ‘Kadam’, the messenger of Ashar, that favorite Kadam flower tree is about to be lost. Nowhere do ‘Kadam’ flowers catch the eye like before. ‘Kadam’ is now the name of a rare flower!
Steps have sprung up in the trees, drizzling all around in the pouring rain. ‘Asadha’ comes back with a touch of relief in the body-mind warmed by the intense heat of the senior. Nature seems to have a close relationship with this month in the Bengali year cycle. And without ‘Kadam’, Ashar cannot be imagined.
Once upon a time in the backyard, there were footsteps on both sides of the road. And the whole time of Ashar, Kadamgacha was full of flowers. Beauty-loving people would be satisfied to see that. At that time people used to give ‘Kadam’ flowers as gifts to their loved ones. The naughty teenagers including the children and teenagers of the village used to play with 'Kadam' flowers on the ground floor. But today it is slowly disappearing. As if stained with the beauty of 'Kadam' flower!
It is known that people no longer want to plant Kadam flowers in their backyards to calculate the profit margin. Instead of ‘kadam’ trees, they are inclined to plant various expensive wooden trees including mehegeni and raintree.
Asadha-Shravan is a two-month rainy season. Monsoon is an important season in the Bengali calendar. It is said that the poets of Bengal wrote the first poem of their life in the rainy season. And maybe one day is waiting for us to welcome this rainy season, the day when the rainy season will come among us without any 'steps'! However, even if the kadam tree is lost in the middle of nature, it will keep the radiant kadam flower of Bengali literature as its companion forever.
Wow, i love this flower, nice photography