Tamarind tree

As I looked ut of the classroom window I saw the tamarind tree laden with ripe tamarinds. My mouth watered at the thought of having one with a pinch of salt. During my schooldays such a tree would have been stripped by eager bunch of girls like me. We enjoyed clambering up the trees in our school ground. We would mix salt and chilli powder and polish of dozens till our teeth would cry STOP!!

Today the tree stands laden but no one is interested in simple pleasures. Times have changed...