India, Nov. 14 -- The harder the labour, the sweeter the fruits.

While this may not be the absolute truth when it comes to nature's sweet bounty - a crisp apple delights just as well as a pudgy chikoo - with the pomegranate, the labour of love somehow makes sense, the only proof of this being the centuries worth of dietary and cultural weathering the rustic, edible ruby has gone through.

Now it isn't all too uncommon to spot a kinky fruit motif here and there (Josephine Baker's banana skirt from 20th century Paris will always be a moment in time).

Berries, avocados, lemons, oranges - the age of sartorially standing out has ensured that nothing truly does. But history, more than anything else, seems to have successfully put the pomegran...