Tomatoes for thought – La Tomatino

Some things to ponder about –

Population of India

– 2011 census 1,210,193,422[8] (2nd)

– Density 365.5/km2 (31st)

946.6/sq mi

Anything we do be it Holi or Tomatino we need to be aware that the resources we use are going to be limited. What some others possibly can afford – probably we can’t.

Why are we having the festival? Somebody can make money – will they be buying the tomatoes from farmers at a fair price or will it be another profit making venture where costs will be cut at any cost? 🙂

What happens after the event to the tomatoes – composted or wasted?

Point to those against the ban favoring democracy (are we really? Is it not a money making venture end of the day? Might as well sell dope/sex legally? Why is burning currency illegal?)

 

The trouble is it becomes a nice money making venture we will have more of it as it we don’t have enuf of such things already – ganesha festival for example.

What is my take – no take – might as well do something more fruitful! And yes I will stay away from any such ‘celebration’! :))

PS: I do celebrate Holi moving to natural colors slowly and using the same pair of clothes or those that are torn out – trying to reduce the amount of water used but yes it is scary (rather scarier) that it has a scale much larger than La Tomatino and nobody will notice loss of water like loss of food – water being a more important resource!!!

PS2: Here is another read about the festival being celebrated in Lahore –