Naming the Blog

I had been planning to start writing my experiences for quite sometime. But things kept happening so fast that i was caught up in one event after the other. One fine April day Rana and self were standing at the view point and Rana was pointing out something across the mine. He said, "Look beneath that tree."  'that tree' was a Baobab. And that's when it struck me.. "Beneath the Baobab".
It was five months later, that i finally shook off the ennui and overcame the inertia to create this blog. 'Beneath the Baobab' as a link was already taken. After several options, 'the monkeybreadtree' was accepted. And so www.the monkeybreadtree.blogspot.com came into being.

The fruit of the baobab is called Mulambi and has a hard velvety shell with white pith and seeds inside. It is very rich in vitamin C. The pith can be chewed and then you spit out the seeds. It can also be soaked in water and squeezed. Thereafter dilute with water and have it as a juice. It is not exactly lemony or even bitter. Midway between the two.
Many a times just a glass of mulambi juice had at breakfast has seen me through the day.In fact chewing a couple of spoons of the pith is a good exercise for the jaws and is nourishing too. I have inserted an image of the fruit.