Mustard Is Rabi Or Kharif ^hot^
However, like most things in agriculture, the answer isn't purely black and white. There are nuances, climate considerations, and specific varietals that make this topic worth exploring in depth.
Most mustard varieties (specifically Brassica juncea and Brassica campestris ) are "long-day plants." They require longer nights and shorter days during their initial growth phase—conditions typical of the winter solstice. As the days lengthen in February and March, the plant shifts its energy from growing leaves to producing seeds. mustard is rabi or kharif
So, the next time you drizzle mustard oil into a pan or spread mustard on a sandwich, remember the cold winter nights that made those tiny seeds possible. However, like most things in agriculture, the answer
“this is alas just another film that panders to the image Thompson himself tried to shirk – the reckless buffoon that is more at home on fraternity posters than library shelves. It is a missed opportunity to take the man seriously.”
This is an excellent summary on the attitude of the seeming majority of HST ‘admirers’.
It just makes me think that they read Fear and Loathing, looked up similar stories of HST’s unhinged behaviour and didn’t bother with the rest of his work.
There is such a raw, human element of Thompsons work, showing an amazing mind, sense of humour, critical thinking and an uncanny ability to have his finger on the pulse of many issues of his time.
Booze feature prominently in most of his writing and he is always flirting with ‘the edge’, but this obsession with remembering him more as Raoul Duke and less as Hunter Thompson, is a sad reflection of most ‘fans’; even if it was a self inflicted wound by Thompson himself.