WATER LILIES LT COL NOEL ELLIS 10/VIII/2021 As we drove down to this remote place, we passed by a village called Kurul. It was lotus season and the pond along the road was teeming with conventional ‘Lotus’ flowers. There was a path way which led to a huge man made lotus. I recognised it, as I had seen it on a programme ‘Highway on my Plate’. On one end of the pond is a temple, with steps leading down to the water’s edge. One can find village folk washing clothes. A few amateur anglers with improvised fishing rods also try their luck. During the rainy season, water level rises till the brim. Lotus crop is good in this two-acre pond. In our colony, we have these huge ‘saucers’ at various locations for water lilies. Bluish lilies grow in them. One got fascinated with them but then somehow we were in a lookout for a suitable container which soon materialized. Keeping the best out of waste as the basic theme, we got hold of an old...