Flowers are extraordinarily inexpensive in India and available everywhere.  They are used lavishly in celebrations and altars of personal worship. I miss the adventure of visiting Indian flower markets with all their beauty and abundance…

 

And the sweet people who make their living selling them….

“India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.” ― Shashi Tharoor