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Let kids grow in sun and shade

It was in the year 2002 when we shifted to our newly built house in Jodhpur. This was a small colony with the limited number of families residing there. As this was not an old residential area hence the number of trees and shrubs etc were also limited. We planted a few trees and most of them survived. One day we found that one of the neem plants was broken from its middle which made me a little unhappy. I was not sure whether the same will survive or not but as there was a lot of attachment with those plants, I had a special affinity for it (all must have felt the same if the saplings were planted by them). I tied the broken part (stem) with the rooted one with the help of a cloth. I would like to clarify that the broken part was loosely attached with the rest and not completely removed. After twelve years, when I see the plant growing into a huge tree and providing shelter to many during scorching heat, I feel very happy. This ordinary incident made me think that if a broken tree c