Kareena and Saif’s little teddy Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi just turned 1 on December 20th; don’t you think he’s as adorable as a little bunny? Umm never mind, and let’s imagine the amount of gifts that he has received… okay let me stick to the topic only. Well as we are talking about gifts, let me tell you that he’s got a very unique present and that is a ‘Forest’! Jee haan.. of course, it’s not his playground but to cultivate crops and help mother nature, it is gifted by a B-town nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar.
She took to her Instagram and captioned the picture as, “A little forest for Taimur. A little boy can never have enough of birds, bees and butterflies and so we have put together a small forest as a birthday gift for the little big boy, Taimur, in Sonave. It’s a special forest, one that thrives on intercropping and I hope that as he grows he too will thrive in and celebrate a diverse society. A society where people live together through and due to their distinctions. The forest has about 100 trees on a 1000 sq ft plot. The trees are as young as Taimur, even younger actually, and each one of them is a local, native, climate resilient species. It will be a forest of the superfoods of the future. There are 3 jamuns, 1 jackfruit, 1 amla, 40 Bananas, 14 Moringas, 1 Kokum, 1 Papaya, 5 Seetaphal, 2 Ramphals, 2 Nimbu trees. Besides these, it grows 3 different types of native pulses and many Mirchi, Ginger, Turmeric and kari patta plants. Not to mention the green leafy veggies and the genda phools that grow in between. The forest is inspired by Padma Shri Subhash Palekar’s zero budget natural farming where one tree grows symbiotically off another and thus is thrifty in one’s pocket. The forest will become a home for pollinating agents like the butterflies, bees, birds and earthworms. It will help nurture the soil, fix back the nitrogen and minerals in the soil that it grows on, preserve the water table and look elegant and beautiful while doing it all. Here’s to living sustainably! Happy Birthday. #taimuralikhan.”
Don’t you think this was the best gift that little Pataudi has got?
