India, May 25 -- Delhi may be full of flaws but the trees in the city outnumber them. Summer in Delhi is flushed with the yellow and red of the amaltas and the gulmohar. The shower of amaltas flowers is what paints some fortunate neighbourhoods of Delhi yellow. The tree falls into its namesake, also called the Golden Shower Tree, or laburnum, but to the romantic it simply remains the amaltas. Native to the subcontinent, it flowers at the height of summer, not in anticipation of relief but in full submission to heat. Its cycle is brief and exact. The buds descend into bloom, forming pendulous clusters that hold for a moment before release. The form is not ornamental alone. It has weight and rhythm. Like a bangle slipping from the wrist, the ...