“The hemant (dewy season) hosts almost all the plants and species on the earth. 560 million species from ant to elephant take shelter during Hemant. The small millets, the Sunflower and what not, all bloom during the hemant. Out of six seasons we now only have three. In Orissa we had Grishma (summer) Barsha (Rainy), Sarata (Autumn), and Basanta (spring). Now we are only left with summer winter and rainy.”