Workers pack mango at the whole sale fruits and vegetable market in Azadpur Mandi in Old Delhi, India.
As anybody who has attended New Delhi's International Mango Festival will realize, India's obsession with mangoes is second only to its passion for cricket. The world's largest producer of the fruit, accounting for almost 66% of the global harvest, India is a nation of mango connoisseurs, and the two-day festival is an annually awaited debauch. Scheduled for July 7 and 8 at the Talkatora Stadium, the event will see visitors gorging on more than 1,100 varieties of mangoes, including many rare ones. Mango pickles, jam, chutney and even mango poppadum will be on sale, and there will be mango-eating competitions and...
