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ct. 14, p8

When I was going through the article '€œJokowi to plant 10,000 mango trees'€ published in The Jakarta Post, three thoughts engulfed my mind, the sweetness of the heavenly fruit, cool and clean air filled with the mild fragrance of mango tree flowers and an astonishing fact that Mughal emperor Akbar is said to have planted a mango orchard having 100,000 trees in it.

It is true that trees unite and bring people of different cultures together. If the plan would have been to plant any other tree it would have made me happy too, but the plan to plant mango trees in the capital city not only made me happy but filled my heart with number of emotions because our lives have been filled with the sweetness of mangoes since childhood.  (By Indu Nandal, Purwakarta, West Java)

Your comments:

What else are we waiting for? Go, clear the land and start planting! The government must distribute young mango trees for free to every family and tell them to take care of the young trees.

Within less than 10 years those trees would grow into big trees that will provide shading and help reduce the temperature and invite insects to live there.

This in turn will invite birds as predators that will create peaceful and natural environment.

Another important advantage is, those trees would absorb the poisonous exhaust gas from thousand of cars and bikes and naturally convert it into oxygen required by all living creatures.

Then those trees will be a monument to remember the Jokowi administration who initiated the idea.

Robby kaware

It has the divine flavor of mango in it! It seemed like mango season had advanced! Keep it up!

Ajit S