Anika Choudhary

This is a picture of the beautiful Nidhivan in the holy city of Vrindavan. This forest is filled with trees of Tulsi, growing on dry sand. These Tulsi trees are low heighted trees that are present in pairs with interlocking stems. This beautiful forest is said to be the forest where Shri Krishna and Shri Radha used to perform ' Ras Leela' which is a dance that Lord Krishna is believed to have danced with Devi Radha. There are even famous landmarks in Nidhivan such as the Rang Mahal, Lalita Kund, Bansichor Radha Rani temple and the Ras Leela sthaan (place where Ras Leela is performed). Nidhivan may seem like a simple forest from the outside, but on researching, we find out that this pious forest is much more mysterious than it seems.  Around 7pm, the doors to the forest are locked and no one is allowed inside. Supposedly even all the animal and insects leave Nidhivan because it is said that Radha and Krishna come in Nidhivan to perform Ras Leela at night. No one is allowed to wi...

Finally, autumn season has arrived. The trees are getting ready for winter by changing the color of their leaves and the temperatures are starting to drop. Then soon, the freezing winter will arrive. After winter comes spring, then the hot summer and we come back to fall again.  One thing you may realise about these changing seasons is that it's a continuous cycle that keeps going on and on. That's the phenomenon of nature and life both. Things will come ans they will go. This phenomenon is like a spinni wheel. You always reach back to the point where you started. And you can't do anything about it. Whether anything is changing in your life or nature, sometimes it's just better to accept it. Because it's better to just leave some things be. Changing them can just make everything worse.

See how all of these crows are sitting on one tree? You may additionally observe that they are sitting peacefully without disturbing anyone else, even when their sitting space is quite limited. This is called unity. Unity is a simple word with a complex meaning. Of course, it means staying united, but the true meaning of unity is much deeper. In unity, we have to become someone's support, and that person has to support us also through thick and thin. Every living being has to be united in order to flourish. We humans may be living on one Earth, but we are separated mainly by mental barriers. We must learn to overcome these barriers and learn to live a prosperous life while staying united. We must learn the actual definition of unity. But, this is easier said than done. It may take a while for us to learn the concept, but we must start with baby stepa. And we all can take the first step by learning the example of these crows.