As mango season descends on India, the original home of the mango which is mentioned in Charaka Samhita as being an alleviator of Vata and promoting fertility, strength and muscle, perhaps the younger generations do not know how a real mango should taste. For sadly in ther market in the name of greed and quick money the farmers and the wholesalers are using a very dangerous chemical bag of tricks to stretch their pockets a little. They of course could not have possibly read Chanakyas Nitishastra where it is clearly declared that any money made by deceiving or trickery will be lost or cause misery to you and your decendents. You might be able to trick your fellow man but it is absolutly impossible to trick God. And God’s hand is the hand of karma of cause and effect. Every action will have a reaction. The reaction might not be there for the seller in the street who does not know he is being tricked but for the farmer and the wholesaler this is bad money. Sadly in India the regulation of chemicals is very weak and even if there was a regulation people would side-step it in the name of money.
For those who still have mango trees and know how they taste (I myself have lived weeks virtually just off mangos when the season is in full bloom), you will quickly be able to identify the adulterated mangos. On this note it is not just mangos that are being adulterated but more or less every food item, every element and everything that can be adulterated in the name of money. People have forgotten the eternal truth that one is here as a guest on this planet for just a while and one should harm nothing intentionally.
Some good journalism is appearing on this subject and I list a few here:
- Illegal chemical ripening method imperils India’s mango trade.
- Poison on the plate
- Mangos using calcium-carbide destroyed
- Indian Govt. to monitor calcium-carbide use
If you are buying mangos, buy them green rather and then ripen them in straw or any warm insulated place at home. And wake up to the heavenly taste of the celestial fruit of India.
May all fruits in Bharata (Bharata denotes the entire world actually it is the ancient name for the Vedic civilization) be free of toxic tricks!
