Ah, the road is often longer than it needs to be. It is not just the lack of cold storage, but the small, slow lorries stopping at every town, the extra hands the produce must pass through. From my flat in Chennai, I see the fruit seller's cart piled high in the sun all day, and I understand. Still, every Friday, I buy a perfect, unbruished mango from the same vendor — he keeps the best ones tucked away in the shade for his regulars, like my little Ammu. So the care exists, ente ponnu, but it is a precious thing, saved for those who wait.
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