Summary:
The celebrations in Ranmala, a small village near Pune, however, are silent but impactful with a tree being planted for the birth of each child in the village.People in Ranmala mark celebrations such as birth, marriage and even occasions such as death by gifting the family with a sapling. The birth of a child is celebrated by people showering the newborn with gifts, from expensive clothes to toys. "We visited the village and found this idea was working very well. Officials said the government will also give a name plate so that the family can name the tree. If there was a birth in anyone's house, they would be gifted a sapling-'Janm Vruksha' (birth tree) and the family was expected to take care of the sapling as they would the baby..