India, Feb. 16 -- There is something almost human about a tulip. It does not simply bloom, it arrives. Standing tall with effortless grace, its petals unfurl as if stretching after a long slumber, ready to greet the world with quiet confidence. Unlike the delicate rose or the wild daisy, a tulip possesses an unshakable certainty, heralding the end of winter and the promise of warmth ahead. In New Delhi, at the residence of the Netherlands Ambassador H.E. Marisa Gerards, sixty thousand tulips swayed gently in the cool February breeze, their vibrant colours

painting a breathtaking spectacle. This was not just a garden in full bloom, it was a moment of poetry, a meeting of nature, diplomacy and history.

Tulips have long been entwined with ...