The Peepal, The Girl and The City Quotes

“Musa ornata is one of more than 50 species of banana in the genus Musa of the family Musaceae. They grow well in high temperature and humid weather and you will find them in the tropics. It has beautiful pink flowers and small, dark pink or crimson fruit. The fruit type is a banana that is seeded and inedible. M. ornata is native to south-east Asia and commonly found in Bangladesh, Burma, and India.”
― Kalyani Majumdar, The Peepal, The Girl and The City

“Do you see the amount of dust around? Our leaves help in keeping the air and the surroundings clean. We trap most of the dust on our leaves. But, as our numbers dwindle in today's urban spaces, nature is being pushed away from humans. You see, it was not always like this. I have heard from my ancestors that your ancestors loved designing and maintaining gardens. Gardens were not just something that would comprise of hanging a few pots here and there. It was very different then. Trees, plants and shrubs were planted after much planning. Gardening was never a new concept to humans. It was probably a cohabiting relationship for humans with nature. And your ancestors knew it.”
― Kalyani Majumdar, The Peepal, The Girl and The City