India, April 28 -- The 40-degree Celsius afternoon is searing the skin, filling the mind with dread for the extreme heat ahead. At a traffic light in the central parts of the city, cars and autos are jamming up in a tight knot as hawkers and beggars weave between them. A roadside statue of a long-dead leader is covered with birds and bird droppings. Indeed, our smoggy, dusty megapolis seems to have reached its bleakest hour. Suddenly, the tired eyes chance upon a refreshing spectacle. A tiny cluster of flowers is hanging from a tree branch. Five-petalled, bright yellow. It is the Amaltas! It is still early in the season; most Amaltas trees in Delhi-NCR are yet to bloom. On the Second Avenue Road, near Khanna Market, an Amaltas tree that alw...