About three km from the edge of Gujarat’s Gir forest, in the little-known village of Bhalchhel, is a sprawling 12.5-acre orchard where over 300 varieties of mangoes grow on a single farm! Clearly, ...

This time of year ushers in a wonderful harvest of fruit; figs, pears, quince, persimmons, apples, damsons, and plums start to fall to the ground and await collection by us gardeners to bake and stew ...