Mohan
Kothekar
Writer and Blogger
“But he
who dares not grasp the thorn
Should
never crave the rose”
Anne Bronte
The bottom-most and eventual
objectivity one aspires to be in tranquility and quietude. Good fortune individuals unblemished conflict
for own existence is in peace. Quarrel,
disagreement, disorder, battle, war are the instrument for accomplishing of
tranquility. A small siesta, in company with
the bambino and pet, cuddle-snuggle-romance-clinging are the exhibits of
placidity like roses. Like-minded
assemblage in the direction of the beauty of nature is the essence of personal hardihood. Shakespeare’s Juliet rightly said “a rose by
any other name would smell as sweet,” that has apprehended the mind and heart
of people through the ages.
Rose (Rosa
rubiginosa), the depiction and portrayal of emotion adoration and peace, is
the mother earth gift for the living creature of the planet. Armed with acicular prickle denotes the
vigilance disquiet and anxiety during its purposeful utility. “Thorns and roses grow on the same tree’ a
Turkish proverb indicates tribulation and passion are the two sides of the same
coin. The magnitude, the configuration exclusively
the redolence and the color even though diverges in shrubs or creepers, exclusively
omnipresent around the world. Its
extensive existence on the Asian continent, also grown in Europe, North Africa
and North America, is due to the blessings and benediction of the mother earth. Flexible and accommodating attitude determine
hybridization (David Austin) among different species (more than 150 species) of
the Rosa rubiginosa; ultimately responsible for origination of thousands
of varieties of roses with varied colour and fragrance. The efficacy of roses stamped their presence
in the diverse society with equal emotional sentiments. The enchanting plant has its presence indoor for
adornment and also outside, most of the time in the gardens, for embellishment. The ornamental plant’s utility is manifold, especially
as bouquet, landscape, redolence, medicinal and floriculture. “The fragrance of the rose remains on the
hand that gives it” unknown quote says.
A bunch of words is effortlessly
replaced by offering of roses to the near and dear one; a sign of love, delectation,
bereavement and compliment. Lovebirds
commute roses as an act of depiction of love.
Millions of tints of colour do exist in nature and each one conveys
divergent contemplation and emotions. The
offering of ‘red roses’ indicates the individual is in love, ‘white roses’ mark
of respect to the elderly, ‘black roses’ offering in the event of demise and
‘blue roses’ for unattainable or impossible love (royal majestic love and
grandeur); these are some of the examples of utterance of emotions.
In the life span of six to ten years
the roses bloom uninterruptedly from the first year after budding. Its explicit utility in health and medicine
are herculean. The rose oil, the
excellent soothing and relaxing agent for nerves, is the byproduct of rose
petal, and also used as flavor to a variety of dishes, especially ‘gulabjamun,
an Indian dish’, across the world. Skin
care products enriched with rose essence utilized as an antioxidant with
vitamin A, B3, C, D and E supplements.
Rose products have auxiliary uses as astringent, antibacterial, antiseptic,
anti-inflammatory, hair growth promoter, cleansing of gall bladder and liver, sore
throat, bronchial infections and various illnesses hemorrhages, nausea,
fatigue, ulcer, asthma, dehydration.
Rose water brings relief from constipation, measles and chicken pox. Charismatic young-throbs have affinity for
fresh roses and rose essence to articulate amorousness by heaving the mood of the
loved one.
Blue roses
are matchless; ranges baby blue to navy, the rarest of rare, imaginary and does
not subsist due to genetic limitations but artificially dyed the white or red roses. Horticultural societies of Britain and
Belgium offered a price of 5 lakh francs to the first person to produce a
genuinely blue rose. Japanese and
Australian researchers genetically engineered/modified the white rose plant to originate
blue roses with anthocyaniden pigment delphindin that was naturally lacking. Japanese company Suntory interjected the blue
gene from other plants - pansy and iris - in rose plant; roses look like purple
rather than real blue denominated as “Suntory Blue Rose Applouse”. Company started the blue rose business from
2009 onward after consistent 14 years of research. However, no true blue colour does exist in the
present context as gene producing blue colour does not in existence in the rose
plant. The synthetic blueness due to
either spurting a blue dye on white roses or stems soused in blue dyed water.
The blue
rose is a conundrum, an admiration for the enigmatic and the inexplicable that could
not be fully unraveled. Blue rose is the
synonym for unique complex personality impracticable to interpret, it symbolizes
impossible or unattainable or un-realizable dream or irrepressible imagination,
an object extremely difficult to achieve.
The Joseph Levine’s “Thief of Baghdad” (1961) film, the young ordinary thief
embraced the Sultan’s defiance for the fascination of blue roses, the cherished
proviso for royal majesty’s princess marriage.
Blue and purple rose colour symbolizes mystery, ambiguity, caution,
secrecy, excitement and possibility, the lighter shades expresses the flush of
love and romance since the time of immemorial.
To one who stands alone
my long gaze goes,
How dignified she poses
here, and quite
Unique and lovely is the
bluest rose!*
*(written June 13, 2016, from poetry contest)
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