My love affair with 'Chaunsa'!

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Re: My love affair with ‘Chaunsa’!

@KKF

wow…chausa is my second most favourite mango. my first preference is Dussehrii. my third favorite is** LangRaa** aam.

this is the ONLY mango that lasts over two month period. back home in India, my Dad had several mango orchards but the only one i used to visit was this chausa orchard. i remember sitting under the trees waiting for the SEEKAL [tree ripened] to fall from the tree…I and my friends used to run to the tree from which the mango had fallen. sometimes, these seekals were half eaten by birds…we used to cut that part out and then enjoy the rest.

we used to go in the middle of the nights and bring loads of mangoes in our shirt jholis, the ends of shirt’s daaman tied together to make a pouch like that of the pelicans.

there are so many memories attached to the mangoes. kaash:

koii lauTaa de mire
beete huye din!

'allamaah Iqbal said:**

haN, dikhaa de, ai tasavvur! phir vo subH o shaam tu
dauR peechhe kii taraf, ai gardish-e-aiyaam, tu!
**
my sisters used to soak several balti-full of mangoes over night, we had no electricity, running water in my village back then. and we used to eat as much as we wanted…i also loved tuKhmee mangoes.

Constipation must not be a problem after all that aam-eating.