![]() But initially, four, five years, nothing happens. From then on, they will be growing bigger by the day, until they are full of juice and sweetness. Suddenly, one morning, you will see the tree is full of tiny little mangoes. Then, some small, innocuous looking flowers will bloom. If you look at a mango tree in February, March, there will be nothing but green leaves. These days, even the majority of Indians do not know this anymore, because they all cut and eat them. You must know which mango to bite which way. I could tell you exactly where to go, what varieties of mangoes to eat, and how to eat them. If you already like the mangoes that are grown in other regions of the world, you must travel to India and spend some time there during the season to taste Indian mangoes. If I delve deeper into the subject of mangoes, I want to go back to India! To me, what is being served as mangoes elsewhere are not really mangoes. Probably most of you know the famous story of Ganapati and Kartikeya, the children of Adiyogi and Parvati, competing over a sweet, luscious mango. Even gods were described as eating mangoes. Mangoes have always been a part of this culture. They have been wiped out by the multi-national agricultural conglomerates and their seeds, which dominate agriculture today and could destroy the biodiversity of this planet. This not only applies to mango varieties – a number of fruits and vegetables we had in India when we were children are not available anymore. Since mangoes are grown in increasingly large farms, the varieties that are grown are chosen based on commercial aspects, like shelf life, and so on. Today, many of the varieties that we had then have disappeared. There were over 300 varieties of mangoes in South India, mostly grown wild and on a few farms. If the source of creation finds expression, you become an utterly beautiful piece of creation. He said, “What? The examination is just another twenty days away, and you are going after mangoes?” Then I told him, “Examinations come twice a year. He must have looked down and listened to our discussion. His office was on the first floor, right above where we were standing. We discussed where to go and were just about to leave when the principal of the college came down and took us to task. I was the consultant as to where to find what kind of mangoes. My friends and I assembled at the college. It was the beginning of the mango season. ![]() The special classes in the college gave me the opportunity to leave the house. That was a period of time when even the family restricted our movement, which was a very difficult thing for me to put up with. ![]() The term was over, but we were supposed to study harder to make sure we get maximum marks. This happened when I was in the pre-university course, which is considered crucial, because what kind of marks one gets in the pre-university decides the future of one’s educational trajectory. Mangoes naturally come in different flavors, and their complexion and the way you experience them changes from March to end of June, July. I spent almost five, six years exploring the locations and varieties of mangoes, and had all the mango trees in the area mapped in my mind. ![]() Around Mysore, there were a lot of wild mangoes and mango plantations. I even missed examinations because I was busy studying mangoes. That said, the anti-vaxxers who don't comprehend the "PUBLIC" nature of PUBLIC HEALTH need to be treated in the militaristic way public health must be delivered in a pandemic! Either that or they must be removed from society to where they can't be a threat to anyone else.When I was a child, for four months in a year, mango was the religion in India. So in this so-called "first-world" health care system of ours, it is nothing short of ABSOLUTELY CRIMINAL that a government like Alberta's perpetrated such a disaster on it's people!! ![]() "People will suffer and die by this." Does anyone out there have any idea how absolutely PAINFUL such a realization is to a health care professional?!! As a retired nurse, I will declare how diligently every co-worker commits to what's called "BEST PRACTISE", to the point that we are mandated by GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION to do so!! ![]()
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