WAY back in 1980 while passing by the honeymoon lodge of Sir Sultan Mohammad Aga Khan, I was pained to see the neglected barren hillock.
I, therefore, wrote a letter to Dawn about the cruel neglect of a historical site, suggesting plantation on its slope. My letter bore fruit, and the then Aga Khan committee thanked me for pinpointing the matter, and immediately planted some sparsely scattered plants of lignum trees. One can see them today.
However, in 2010 I once again contacted one of the committee members, having acquired the telephone number though the supervisor of the lodge, and suggested that the hillock could be covered with beautiful multi-coloured plants. I offered my humble services and advice about covering the slopes with a colourful garden worthy of this great leader.
He, however, turned down my offer …
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