New Delhi, July 7 -- The thing with vines is they like to sprawl, some elegantly, others messily. Sometimes they need a helping hand, in the form of a rope, a ledge or a stick to give them a headstart. The Bengali word for a vine plant is lota: like madhobilota, or Rangoon creeper. Somehow, the name conjures up visions of a woman drying her long, flowing hair on a buttery-warm day. The flowers were apparently christened madhobi by RabindrananthTagore himself; there's also a poem by him which evokes the flower: Madhobi hothat kotha hote elo (Where did Madhobi come from suddenly)? He was perhaps referring to the sweet whiff of the flowers catching you by surprise. That is exactly how I felt the presence of this madhobilata. I had to cross o...