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For the first time in India, the Tomato Festival ‘Toma Tera’ is being criticized on social media. The event will be held on 11 May 2025 in Hyderabad. The organizers have clarified that tomatoes will not be edible.
The festival of throwing tomatoes. (Photo: Reuters)
Highlights
- For the first time in India, the tomato festival is engulfed in controversies.
- The festival is being severely criticized on social media.
- The organizers clarified that tomatoes would not be edible.
While Toma-Terra has attracted people’s attention on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also being criticized on social media. The event will be held on 11 May 2025 at the Experium Eco Park, Hyderabad. Inspired by Spain’s famous La Tomatina Festival, people will attack each other with tomatoes, enjoy music and dance.
But countries like India, where millions of people are still struggling with hunger and malnutrition, there is anger of the public to ruin the food items like this. Many users have written on social media that this event is insensitive and reflects the thinking of people completely cut off from the grassroots truths of India.
A user commented, “Is there a lot of tomatoes in India? For those who do not have food, these tomatoes could have been better for them.” At the same time, the other said, “When farmers’ suicides and water shortage are common, we want to have fun by throwing tomatoes?” In response to criticisms, the organizers have clarified that the tomatoes used in this festival will not be edible, that is, it will not be completely bad and sold in the market. Apart from this, organic manure will be made from the remaining tomatoes after the festival to prevent wastage of tomatoes, which will be used in the same eco park.
