After preparing breakfast for her eight-member family, Suraya Akhter Chisty Rima, a resident of Old Dhaka, boils two pitchers of water every day for meeting their safe drinking water demand as the water supplied by Dhaka Wasa cannot be taken without purification. "Wasa's water is not safe enough to drink it directly and that's why I boil it for almost 30 minutes twice a day to meet our drinking water demand," she said. And then the boiled water is purified once again by a water purifier before going to drink, Rima said, adding that this water purification process increases her household expenditure.

Think about your life, when you open your eyes in the very early morning, the flowers and creepers of your room-side garden in rows are bidding 'good morning' to you as the sparrows are chirping, and the small study is no more boring with the books alone — is decked out with a garden, in which the parrot couple with their green wings and red lips have breathed life.

While you browse, their eyes follow you, and sometimes you feel like talking to them too. Is it not beautiful and refreshin

The children and his wife after the initial heartbreaks, have accepted the truth that the suitcases on return from a trip would occupy more space with seeds and saplings or even with some unusual rocks from the visitng country than their cherished items. His office colleagues knew it well that the plants in his chamber or around the office are to be well cared for as “Sir will not take any excuse if the plants are in bad shape.” 

As time approaches of his official retirement, his wife was concerned about his hobby and lifestyle. She made a secret plan to surprize Firoze when he was out of the country for  a few weeks. On his return – it was a great surprise to see the pleasant changes around him. 

You are flooded with appreciation of your visitors – who spend quite a substantial time looking at and talking about the new arrangements, the plants and flowers that inspire others for a green apartment life. Are these not enough to feel that life is beautiful? 

I am speaking about a recently renovated flat that had a total transformation, with ideas that contributed to creation of an  environment friendly living space to the family. It's a total transformation of the brick walls to the greenery. 

You are flooded with appreciation of your visitors – who spend quite a substantial time looking at and talking about the new arrangements, the plants and flowers that inspire others for a green apartment life. Are these not enough to feel that life is beautiful? 

I am speaking about a recently renovated flat that had a total transformation, with ideas that contributed to creation of an  environment friendly living space to the family. It's a total transformation of the brick walls to the greenery. 

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The small book corner invites you to spend more time there. Now, you love to take frequent breaks from the  page of the book or screen of the laptop – just to look at the wall garden where the roses in colours and shades have started blooming in this moonsoon. 

Your dining area is no different, it has the view of your wall gardens around it, same with the washrooms or the kitchen area, green patches are everywhere. Your guests nowadays, soon after stepping into your living area, start off with the word 'wow – what a view!' 

One wall of each room was knocked down to make a vertical  garden there, filled with different sizes and shapes and colours of plants and pots. This is the best gift perhaps Firoze  got from his wife – besides the daughters! This innovative act not only pleases Firoze, the entire family is now enjoying the beauty of their flat-garden house. 

What did Jahanara do? She wanted to break the perception and monotony of a small flat's concept. She removed the stereotyped window of each room and created open-wide space for free passage of   sunlight and air, and also to install the greenery.  With small containers having flowering plants, ferns and creepers the entire open space of each room was now turned to  vertical gardens – each rooms looked wide, open and airy with abundance of sunlight. In this transformational job, all of the furniture were re-adjusted, some even discarded! It is indeed a brave thoughtful step Jahanara took. The  new look of the apartment is now truly inspirational and inviting!