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Parul Saran
Founder, Eco_Margdarsak (ecomargdarsak.in),
Karnataka State Vice President WICCI Bioenzyme Council
parulsharansamvedna@gmail.com
Batch- 2010-12

And we lost Spring…

“Indian States have been gradually registering a withdrawal
of spring — a period of relatively benign weather between the winter
of January and the scorching summers of April, a 50-year analysis of
meteorological records suggests.” - THE HINDU 18th Mar 24

“Traditionally, March and April fell into the spring season,
but as Feb unfolds with temperatures that feel more like April, data
collated by global weather-watching agencies suggest that what was
once a predictable passage from winter to summer is increasingly
being rewritten by the forces of climate change. This trend, experts say,
is more than an anomaly - it is indicative of a gradual but fundamental
shift in India’s climate, one that could soon render the country’s
traditional spring season obsolete.” - The Times of India, 6th Feb 25

It was last February that I read the news regarding missing
spring. It was difficult to digest. I felt as if I had lost a part of me. It was
then I wrote this poem:

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