People in India love to freak out and go crazy during festivals. They also love to do the same during other times. In fact, they just need an excuse to freak out, go crazy and celebrate...And mango season is one such time of the year.
Mango season generally starts in April, and lasts until June, until the rains begin. We get raw mangoes since late February, and people use it in cooking. Once the actual ripe mangoes come in, I get sick of them within a week or two. But people never seem to get tired of them. You see mangoes wherever you go. Old shops that have been closed down since ages suddenly open up and start stocking mangoes. (And no one seems to rent these shops during other times of the year)...
Summer vacations also coincide with mango season. People go to their native villages, where they own farms, and get their very own mangoes. I don't know why, but these mangoes are much sweeter than the ones we usually get. I guess they know how to pick them.
"If you don't like mangoes, you are strange. You are supposed to like mangoes. Mangoes are good."
-Anonymous mango fanatic
Its hard to describe the mango mania, you have to live here during mango season to find out. But seriously, I've had enough mangoes this season :)
(PS: the word mango(es) occurs 17 times in this post)
1 comment:
I grew up in India, and I could never get enough of the mangop mania. I remember stealing the mangos in the kitchen and hiding and eating them secretly. :)
We usually used to share the mangoes, so this way I got to eat them by myself. Boy, how I miss these juicy sweet mangoes. You just can´t get them here in Germany with the original tastes.
And at school I used to exchange my meals. My bestfriend brought me Chapatis with mango achar daily and I brought her pancakes and other european stuff. :)
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