#035, How I wish you were here to taste our SHADS
FACTS Swami Vivekananda in his letter dated 12th Dec. 1901 (six months before his death), wrote to Ms. Christina Greenstidel ( Christine ), from Belur Math. This is our best season for eating turtles , but they are all black. The green [ones] can only be found in America. Alas! I am prevented from the taste of meat. . .. ". OBSERVATION Green turtles, black turtles ! American turtles! Indian turtles! Color and nationality are also important! FACTS In his letter dated the 2nd September 1901 addressed to Christine, he showed his attachment to SHAD FISH (a species of fish swimming upstream from sea to a river for spawning, found in the Hooghly river flowing beside the Belur Monastery). "...How I wish you were here to taste our SHADS — one of the most delicate fish in the world. ... I would not take any supper tonight, as I ate rather heartily of the aforesaid shad! ... " OBSERVATIONS Fortunately only few foreigners came. Otherwise, the Hooghly river would have been em