[Reader-list] The Mango Tree

[Inder Salim]

Dear Sophea
thanks for this wonderful report on real mangoes

i knew there are places in the world where mangoes are free to be
eaten by people. ah i like utopias, and here is a place where actually
 we can touch our dreams.....as realized.

i wish people from other countries too could sneak without fear into
these parks to eat free mangoes .

perhaps, then these mangoes can be genuinely labeled as real mangoes,
i dont know, how much of earth's space is left to develop a FREE
relationship with PEOPLE , very very little

anyway, thanks again

IS
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Dear Kshmendara

thanks again

 about generalizing every identity sound in one way, is sometimes problematic,
I said, there is a Bainya ( trader ) in each one of us which is akin
to  saying there is a fascist in each one of us, right

there is,

which is again similar to saying  there is a 'shudra/dalit'  ( lower
caste ) in each one of us, like a woman in each one of us,

but to say there is a punjabi or a bengal or a kashmiri in each one of
us will be wrong,

there is a difference.

and again kashmiri pandits, or brahmins or any a jew is not
derogratory to the person who is born in such a family,
because they is some hierarchy.

so, here again, Beniya is too not derogatory, unlike Bihari,

with love
and regards
IS




On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:52 PM, sophea <hello at phonebox.org> wrote:
> So,
> has anybody ever tasted a real mango?
>
> hello inder
>
> i just got back from sydney where it is not mango season to enjoy the
> fact that it is here :)
> in northern new south wales, in australia, there are many towns where
> mango trees grow in public parks and are free for public picking. one
> such town is murwillumbah, where my sister used to live, and where i
> happened to visit her during mango season in 2004. while i was
> visiting we found a tree full of ripe mangoes in a public ark one day,
> my brother in law climbed up and shook the tree and we went home with
> 40kg of ripe mangoes.  what was surprising for me was that people who
> grew up in the area were so used to abundant mangoes all their lives
> that some people were even sick of eating them. but in any case, where
> the fruit trees were growing in public places their fruit was for
> public consumption. i don't know the law exactly but i think that even
> if it is hanging over the wall into public that fruit can be plucked
> and eaten. it would be interesting to know what the legal basis is for
> that family to be taking the common fruit for itself... after your
> story i shall now become a nosey neighbour and keep a curious eye on
> what happens to the mangoes on the tree next to my balcony too!
>
> .sophea
>



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