Saturday, April 15, 2006
Smell of Forest
My sojourn at Jagdalpur is giving me lots of new insight of life. Everyday I travel to Banka vund around 30 kms from Jagdalpur by two-wheeler. The day temperature is hovering around 40 degree Celsius. The journey on this hot weather is an experience of itself. The road is through dry land interspersed by small villages every 4/5 kms. The hot sun has dried up the whole land. No vegetation can be seen except a few trees here and there. The villages on the way are kinds of oasis with trees etc. One common sight is women and children lying under tree shades wherever one is found.
While coming back in the afternoon, every exposed part of my body starts burning. The hot air forced on naked face while driving gives some dizziness, as if inhaling lava.The most interesting experience is the smell of forest. The road passes through a deep forest. As the trees beside the road were cut down, there is no direct tree shade on the road. But the moment I enter the forest area, the whole body experiences a cool soothing effect. The air becomes cool, carryings scents of known and unknown trees, ripe flowers of Mahua. (The Mahua flowers are used for making country liquor and one of the specialties of this part of the country. The flowers when dries up gives a peculiar heavy smell of intoxication.) The mixture of all these smell is really heavy one. I enjoy the smell of forest. I immediately slow down and pass the path as slowly as possible enjoying the smell of forest.
While coming back in the afternoon, every exposed part of my body starts burning. The hot air forced on naked face while driving gives some dizziness, as if inhaling lava.The most interesting experience is the smell of forest. The road passes through a deep forest. As the trees beside the road were cut down, there is no direct tree shade on the road. But the moment I enter the forest area, the whole body experiences a cool soothing effect. The air becomes cool, carryings scents of known and unknown trees, ripe flowers of Mahua. (The Mahua flowers are used for making country liquor and one of the specialties of this part of the country. The flowers when dries up gives a peculiar heavy smell of intoxication.) The mixture of all these smell is really heavy one. I enjoy the smell of forest. I immediately slow down and pass the path as slowly as possible enjoying the smell of forest.
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