AMONG the avalanche of WhatsApp messages doing the rounds during the pandemic, one, in particular, stood out on Gandhi Jayanti on Friday. The message depicted a pair of round spectacles and the accompanying text read: 'Before Lenon made it cool, Potter made it magical and Jobs made it intellectual, there was one man who started the trend'.

Mumbai's Priyadarshini Park (PDP) celebrated that trendsetter Mahatma Gandhi the message referred to. Gandhi Jayanti was marked with a tree plantation drive. Park trustees, experts, gardeners and the community came together observing pandemic procedures and planted 80 trees in Nepean Sea Road's green bowl.