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Indian mangoes in the news





BBC says

Poetry has been written about Indian mangoes. Celebrity chefs, such as Gordon Ramsay, recommend the famous Alphonso for dessert.


From Vice


But more important than quantity and variety is the fact that India’s mangoes are, by almost all accounts, the world’s most delicious.


David Karp, New York Times says

India is to mangoes as Bordeaux is to wine





Fodors the travel magazine channels the artists of the past


Ariana Grande tweeted a short verse that garnered several thousand likes and retweets:
He visits my town once a year. He fills my mouth with kisses and nectar. I spend all my money on him. Who, girl, your man? No, a mango.
This ode to the mango was written by mystic Sufi poet Amir Khusrau at the turn of the 14th century as a discussion between two young women (translated by Paul Losensky and Sunil Sharma).

Hundreds of years later, in the 19th century, Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib described the mango as “Delicious wine filled in a sealed glass.”




South China Morning Post says


Emperors have lusted after it. Poets have penned couplets extolling its virtues. A nation of a billion people eagerly awaits its seasonal arrival. Exotic and colourful, with hues that vary from golden to saffron to tender green, it’s the regal and luscious mango.



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