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Do not grudge Spain its wasteful tomato slugfest
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₹50 per kg in some places, down from ₹250 not too long ago. But the shock waves linger.
“Even tomatoes need a vacation," Burger King had declared about a fortnight ago, to explain why they had gone missing from its menu, as they had at various other fast-food chains as well. For homes that still miss the veggie dearly, La Tomatina paints an appalling picture of wastage.
But Spain’s an entirely other market. And it’s not just its inability to help us by defying distance that should make us shrug, it’s global courtesy, too.
We cannot grudge another country its cultural quirks and fun occasions. On the whole, this cheerful slugfest is best taken with a generous pinch of salt.
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