Malgova mango Dear friends,
After meals I was enjoying eating cut bits of one ofthe medium malgova mangoes purchased yesterday. Three mangoes were purchasedmaking it one kg. They were fully ripening yesterday itself and shop mansuggested- sir, Please eat either today or tomorrow. Fully ripen. Season isover. Last stock. While enjoying sweetness and smell and eating,nostalgic memories about malgova mango came to me. I thought of sharing. Thereis nothing important other than time pass in this posting. Gopalakrishnan 19-8-2023. 1. We got only two mangos I was just joined Salem as Telephone Inspector onpractical training during 1965. Bachelor life and lodge stay. My father sent aletter to me- Since you are at Salem, if possible sent Malgoa mangoes through Doraisami comingsoon here. Dorai samy was my late eldest brother working in railways, at thattime in Arkonam. I got him with great effort on phone in the railway station numberand got details of his travel to native. I said I will meet him with the mango basketbefore the coach. Salem railway station had two peculiarities on thosedays. First one- Only one lengthy platform. It could accommodate two trains.Second most of the important trains passed Salem junction in the midnight, mostwill be sleeping. On theparticular day of my brother’s travel, Madras –Trivandrum mail came and Irushed to the 3rd class sleeper coach. Door was closed. Hitting hard-no purpose served. Time is passing. I started calling in loud voice- Anna,Anna.. He opened the door and came. “Igot a nap, train is before time. So I was not in door” I handed over the heavy basket with a dozen of largemalgova mangoes. By the time he gotin to, the train moved He was with sister in law and two kids. He got down atMavelikkara, sister in law’s native. His mother in law was very happy to see the basketfulof mangoes. She felt it was for her. She distributed and kept for herself about ten numbers and packed two in a cover and said- Whileyou go to Pandalam give to your parents. They will be happy. Either mybrother or sister in law could express keep at least half to in laws/parents. My parents could well imagine the predicament. Immediatelythe two was cut to pieces and eaten by parents, my elder brother, his wife andson. Later I was appointed at Sankari as phone inspector.When I went to native on vacation with a basket full of mangoes. My late mother asked- You just send two mangoes throughAnna? I replied, Isend a few more and probably given by him to mother in law. I purposely avoidedsending a basketful of mangoes. 2. Planting mango nut. After cutting sides nut of one large mango with njettu( holdingend) was planted in a vacant place in front of home. What a wonder – It appearedas seedling, grew, started branching even at five feet growth. Large sizemangoes appeared years after years. My sister in law in native used to tell, they cover the treepartially not to get evil eye; But whenever I went home it was just appearing astree, not season for flowering. I used to pluck tender leaves and eat. 3. Constructing home. Years passed. My eldest brother just mentioned, itcould be better to have partition. I told my father and he agreed. Chain surveywas done and properly divided in tothree parts. The mango tree came in to my share. I thought of constructing a simple home and to have a separateroom for my father in it as he desired . When planning was done, I had to cutthe mango tree for laying thefoundation. No alternative. So it was cut and home completed in native. My latefather spent almost all time in it and had his death in 1991 in my home. He was83. New home in Chennai After retirement it was decided to settle in Chennai,giving the built home for a small value to my elder brother , who was very muchinterested to have it. While gardening in my Chennai home , just like that Igot a malgova sapling and planted it inthe compound at back yard. It started growing, leaves and stem appeared like malgova,but when mango appeared, it was large like malgova, but with thick skin. After ripen,when cut it had more fiber. Still I was happy of a malgova plant. After 4-5years in all mango trees in my area some virus appeared, it will be itching if we stand nearmango tree. Everybody started cutting and removing mango trees from thecompound , I too followed. Proposing toplant the seed I told my wife, we will plant the seeds after fullmangoes are consumed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2084795147.890405.1692441268069%40mail.yahoo.com.
