Arre, those prop roots are like extra legs that come down from the branches, yaar—they hold the old tree up when it gets too big. And the strangler habit... well, that's when a new banyan starts life on another tree, wrapping around it until the host is gone. The one at Howrah is a famous giant, they say.
But you know, in my village, we never called it "strangling." That banyan was just shelter. It held up our tired fathers and gave shade to our games. When I see that mall being built, I don't see progress—I see a strangler fig, and I worry my little shop is the old host tree.
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