SANTRA

SANTRA

Santra is famous fruit of orange family. Citrus parivaar. In the beninging it is little bit raw and also khatta, means sore test. After words, it becomes ripe and meetha, means sweet test and gets orange colour. We don’t know if fruit name came first or colour name came first. But santra is orange and orange is santra. It is sweetish but little bit khattaness is there, but no any parwa. It is very testy and healthfull. And regarding its health, there is one Greek saying: “Citrus, Altius, Fortius”, means if you eat santra, you will become taller and stronger.

In santra there is Vitamin C. Other alphabets of Vitamins may be also there but C is guarantee. But C is not separate, it is ghulled in the inside of orange. C Ghull. Like Jonathan Living Stone.

If Santra was having twin brother, he would be called Bantra and both of them would have been Seattle to Canada by now. Alas! A loss! Anyway. No any tock.

Santra is available in everywhere of Bharat. Nagpur is its centre of availability. Means centre of gravity of santra is Nagpur. But it is available in every state. And also in solid state and even liquid state.

Santra should be made national fruit of our nation. Not banana. Banana is close but it is by itself. Akela. But banana can be runner-up. Then who will be second runner-up? May be Aam, means Mango? No, no, Sirjee, Mango is Kingo of Fruito. Phal ka raja. Like phulka taaja. Anyways. All this we sall shee after words. This is not common or mango topic. Now we are not having waqt for fizool tocks. We are masroof. Busy, too much going through roof.

Through hearsay, santra is available in Bhutan and Sikkim also. Here it is converted into various forms of eatability and drinkability through clever process of druk. Druk no nonsense. Druk good process. Here I am remembering one song “Druk Druk Druk, Hari Baba Druk”. This song is drag on and on.
In Spain, santra, santra only is there everywhere. Country is full of santra. It is having different name of Naranja but same colour and same taste.

And Holland by himself is santra country. Orange country. I am remembering that tourism song promoted by Holland, which the lady is singing to the tonga boy in the tonga going tick tock, leaving his home behind: “Zarra Holland Holland chalo morey saajana, home bhi peeche hai tumhare”.
In Holland there is one House of Orange. And its king is Willem van Oranje. Some unstudied people think that Willem is selling orange through van but this is unright. ‘Willem van Oranje’ means “Willem of Orange”. On the another hand, the Indian man who is selling oranges in mobile van is called Maruti. He is having orange colour Maruti van. This Maruti is selling orange in orange Maruti van. So between two names of orange king and orange salesman there is utter confusion. Don’t utter them.

What not can be made from santra! Joose is. Jam is, which is called Maar-maal-aide. It is like jam, not traffic jam but eating jam, but containing chilka like skin. Orange is having chilka outside it and same chilka is put inside it and that jam is called Maar-maal-aide. Terribly testy and what not.

And lastly but not leastly, Santra Bantra joke is also became! So many. Good laugh and what not.

Santra is having one male sibling and one female sibling, means own brother and own sister. Brother name Nimbu. Some peoples are calling Limbu or Lemon also and he is actually smallish and shortish and not so sweetish. Santra is fun-loving fruit. But Nimbu is half-way fruit. Not sweet dish. Santra is mast. Mast Kalandar. Nimbu is half-mast. Nowadays he is settle in Swedish country in the business of online lemon consolidation called E-Khatta. Sister name is Musambi, she is married in Dispur to famous Ananas trader by name Partho Chattopadhyay aka Chatterjea. Both are leaving happily ever after.

This is short story of santra.

Now, give me santra, I mean, permission. Namaskar.

- Shiv Shivrajpuri

© Shiva Kumar