NEW DELHI, Dec. 25 -- The inspiration to write this article has come from observing a mango tree for the last seven years. Close to my room in the Universal Solidarity Movement (USM), Indore, there is a mango tree, and whenever I look outside my room, I see it first. I have been observing it since it was a sapling. Sometimes, the tree was an object of my reflection. Looking at it and reflecting on it has helped me learn some lessons.

For about five years, the tree was growing, and I could observe the signs of growth. When it started yielding fruits in the fifth year, its growth seemingly decelerated, and in the year 2023, I couldn't notice any signs of development on the tree. In the fifth year, it yielded only three mangoes; in the sixt...