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| What looks good...is not what you should be eating..! |
There surely comes a time in life...when there's no going back--
Well, not referring to some incidence of estranged love being found...not happening...never happens--
It is just about this thela wala, the fruit vendor I met--and what he told me...that stopped everything around me for a moment...
Atleast that's how I would put it....
I am not a ritual fruit buyer...my room mate is awesome at grocery shopping and I never put my feet in her domain.
For some reason, she was out and so for a change I did fruit shopping.
For the love of mangoes, my eyes were just searching for a thela with not so good looking mangoes (ideally the good looking ones are chemically treated...)
I coudnt decide what to pick..what not to...and out of curiosity, I just started questioning this thela wala---
Or probably my profession made me do that..Whatever, this is what happened...
Vendor 1
Me: Bhaiya yeh AAM chemical so to nhin pkaya hai?
Fruitwala: Madam sara Kela pkaya hai chemical se, baki kuch bhi nhin, haan aam ko pathar se pkaya hai...
Me: I coudn't decipher kaunsa pathar untill I realised it is some chemical again(ripening agent)
And so I moved to another thela.....
Vendor 2
Me: Yeh aam shi hai bhaiya? Kya ise chemical se treat kiya hai
Fruitwala: Madamji, ap jo bhi khate ho, sab zeher hi toh (Poison) hai!
Me: Startled....(Did he just said it) " Matlab yeh pkaya hai carbide se?"
Fruitwala: Madam, aap khin bhi chale jayo, aisa hi milega....koi sach btayega aur koi nhin...sare fal...aur sari sabziyaan aisi hi hain....hum sab zehar kha rhe hain aur ab kuch bhi nhin kar sakte
Me:I stood there for a while, looking at everyone...busy buying fruits/vegetables in the market---
We all know what is happening--what we consume is adulterated---we know that, but at the back of our minds, its hard to except it.
We go ahead and eat those vegetables, buy the mangoes and eat and drink POISON...probably because there is nothing pure left around....
I did buy those mangoes...because I know I cannot breathe air and live forever...
What scares me---there are so many diseases which will catch as anytime sooner...when we use these masalas, chemicals to ripen fruits......vegetables....
I do not want to get into the science or technical aspect of it, we all can google it, but I am seeing a Death soon....such an incident makes you believe that We as consumers are so ignorant, probably because we have fallen into the trap....of which there is no coming out...!
And for people who sell us these products...the eagerness to mint money makes them contaminate food products---for better sales--do hell with the quality.
Go Organic....well, its not affordable for every strata...
Then what is the solution?
Still looking for an answer.......
For the moment--I just threw that packet of mangoes in my dustbin, as this line echoes in my head----
" Yeh Poison se pkaya hai".
