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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 04/10/2026

I used just about every chilli I had at home for this chilli oil - Dry red teja, guntur, chilli flakes, fresh green chilli, gochugaru powder, kashmiri red chilli powder + some black pepper. I started with sampling teja and guntur chilli, drinking rose milk, feeling my face sweat. Worth the time 🍜🌶🌶

A stainless steel mixing bowl with red chilli oil with crispy garlic bits floating around on the surface of the oil.

Top view of chilli oil bottled in a glass jar with crispy garlic bits and two large fried chilli floating on the surface and a stainless steel mixing bowl in the background.

A white fish with egg fried rice on a black kitchen counter. You can see a lot of fried egg pieces interspersed throughout the rice along with spring onion. On top of the rice are some pieces of brown crispy fried garlic. A steel fork rests agains the side of the bowl, it's tined edges inside the rice.

In the background is a glass bottle of homemade chilli oil with a blurry handwritten white label. To the left of the dish you can see the edge of another plate with egg fried rice.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 30/09/2026

Now that the bread has rested overnight, here's a picture of the crumb. :D Lunch today: green bean sandwiches! #breadsky #lunch #sandwich #whatscooking #baking

A couple slices of bread kept in a white pasta dish. The soft white crumb can be seen clearly in the dissfused light. In the blurry background there is the remainder of the still substantial loaf, with white crumb and dark brown crust.

A green bean patty with brown spots resting on the bread slice with brown crust. It's kept on a light brown wooden chopping board on the kitchen black kitchen counter.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 29/09/2026

Probably the most gorgeous pain de mie I have made till now. Look at all the straight edges! 😍 #breadsky #baking #whatscooking

Photograph from the side of a freshly baked pullman loaf, resting on a metal grill for cooling.

Same bread photographed from the side to show the length of the loaf. You can see parallel line texture imprinted from the pan it was baked in. It's resting on a metal grill on a dark stone slab.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 27/09/2026

Tried to follow a YouTube tutorial today I can't quite get the placement of leaves and some of the shapes right but it looks like a tree and evokes some snow for me. A small win! 😁 Took around 45 minutes. 🌲 #art #watercolor

Watercolor painting of a snowy white and deep green fir tree with snow laden branches and with more cone-like snowy trees painted in faint blue in the background. At the top of the picture you see a little white watercolor palette in which the individual pans of watercolor are kept.

To the left of the painting you see another white paper with handwritten words like - '(pack of 12), 'Sienna 074), 'lamp black 337', 'ultramarine ...60', 'lemon yellow hue 346', 'Chinese white 150', 'yellow ochre 744'.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 26/09/2026

Sold for INR 50/- to @lucidillusions.in 🖌️ (This was made as a joke. Real artists, pls don't get offended 🥲)

A4 sized watercolor paper with multiple flowers (practicing different strokes with different brushes) petals are various shades of red and yellow color.

there are different types of leaves drawn too, with different brushes using different colours.

Above you can see a partial round color palette.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 25/09/2026

Today's dinner: methi thepla with egg and cheese, schezwan sauce, and a big chunk of LABNEH. 😋 🍜

A white plate with wavy edges resting on black stone kitchen counter.

On the plate - two golden brown methi thepla folded into semi circles, with the yellow egg peaking out from the edges. Next to them is a huge white chunk of labneh and red chutney with a steel spoon resting in it.

In the background you can see random kitchen items like the silvery-grey edge of a kitchen scale, the bottom of a plastic bottle with clear yellow cooking oil, a small steel bowl with straight edges.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 24/09/2026

I've been making a lot of labneh nowadays (for salads, for sandwiches) so when I found this labneh and brown butter banana bread (cake) recipe, I could not resist. A hastily cut slice from the still warm loaf. So, so, good!! 🤤🤤 #baking #bananabread 🍜

Dark brown slice of a freshly baked banana resting on a white ceramic plate with a pink and grey floral pattern and red butterflies against a beige coloured background.

The remaining cake with a slice in front, placed on a wooden board. On the right is a serrated knife. The background is blue.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 18/09/2026

This loaf of bread is coming along so nicely! 😁😁🍞 The house smells amazing!

A silvery grey pullman tin resting diagonally (from bottom left of thr pic on top right of the pic) a silver oven tray inside an oven. You can see the flat top of the golden bread crust.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 17/09/2026

I tried to sketch this pigeon yesterday and I am dreading when I have to resume where I left off. 🤣 The paper is terrible, unable to take even the gentlest of erasing, but I'm continuing and treating it as an exercise in cultivating patience. Coo!

A hand-drawn pencil outline of a rock pigeon on white paper with a rough grain.

Same sketch and on top of it is the bird manual showing my reference picture of a robust Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

The text on the top describes another bird. The text in the book appears exactly as follows:

"Local Names: पहाड़ी भट - तीतर, भट-बन
Family: Pteroclidae
Size: 28 cm
Description: Male has boldly barred upperparts with black and white. Pinkish-orange bill and a black cross-bar on the whitish forehead. Orange-buff neck, throat and breast. It has broad dark brown, buff and black coloured bands on chest and below it dark pinkish brown finely barred with white. Female is duller and finely barred above and below with blackish-brown and buff. Unlike the male It lacks patterns on forehead and chest. Habitat: Open rocky and grassy areas, low hills with scattered thorn scrub and shallow rock ravines.
Food: Seeds, grains and shoots.
Breeding period: March-June. Practically throughout the year.
Clutch size: 3
Seen at: Bargonda - Choral dam area. But rarely seen.

...bird with two dark bars on..
....maggenta sheen on the neck
...feral birds in villages
...Lalbagh Palace, Sirpur area and all across
...the
...Columba livia
..Rock Pigeon
R LC
109"

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 16/09/2026

I painted a teeny tiny Christmas tree today!! 😁😁 🎄🍃 #watercolor #art

A close up of a Christmas tree with red and blue baubles and golden streamers. A pan of gold colour is next to it.

There are other exercises of different foliage around it

A full page of practicing foliage that I'm holding

A close up of the tree before I added bauble and streamers.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 15/09/2026

I made some ☁️☁️ art 🎨🖌️ #watercolors

A small artwork with bluesky and fluffy clouds, and green meadow with grass drawn near the observer. On the right side there is a swatch.

Below there is a square ceramic palette with colour visible on it.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 15/09/2026

This loaf is so 6/10. Can't say I'm happy but 100% whole wheat has always been tricky for me, what with humidity fluctuating wildly on the daily. 🍞

Showing one of the short sides of the bread placed on a wooden chopping board.
The right side is taller than the left side.

A slice of bread showing the crumb texture of the bread.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 14/09/2026

I KNEW IT Now I'm going to have a lopsided loaf or worse. 😂

A silver pullman tin photographed through the glass window of my oven. The lid of the tin has been pushed up on the right side by the force of rising bread.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 31/07/2026

A really good (read:annoying) writer will make up a story about how your accident-affected nail (now turning blue, red and purple) is a portal through which an eldritch God is trying to take birth in this world. They will also look really pleased and tickled with the plotline. 😂 (ai? Who that)

A close-up of my talented husband. His bearded face is grinning. His eyes are closed behind his red-blue rimmed glasses. He looks very pleased with himself.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 25/07/2026

The babies are even more ADORABLE, like brace-yourself-level kinda cute. Just look.

A very tiny goldcrest baby on the ground surrounded by sparse green foliage. Its tummy is covered in pale buttery-yellow feathers and its smol yellow beak is slightly open. It has a tiny black wing and tiny black eyes.

A very tiny goldcrest baby on the dark brown ground, head cocked to one side, looking extremely grumpily at the camera.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 25/07/2026

Fraands, Romans, countrymen, lend me your tears 🐊🐊

A close up of a VERY old man with white hair and white beard with rimless spectacles opening his mouth to say something.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 08/07/2026

Today's lunch was made with sadness and heartbreak. 🍜 The 9th rejection of July was received this morning. 🥲 #AmWriting

A golden brass plate with my lunch - white steamed rice, a small steel bowl with yellow toor dal with ghee, and golden brown roundels of fried eggplant that are garnished with finely chopped onion.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 07/07/2026

My favorite kind of potatoes 💜💓

I'm holding up a small heart-shaped potato chip and bespectacled smiling man wearing a blue t-shirt in the background. Behind him are grey brown curtains with a tree-like pattern, a bright computer monitor, and windows that are newspapered over.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 01/07/2026

I had been craving rasgulla for a long time, so finally made these today! 🍜 They have turned out well and I think the real test if they maintain their spongy texture after refrigeration. 🤞🏽

Kept on black kitchen counter is a steel soup pan with homemade rasgulla floating in cardamom syrup. In the background there is a white dinner plate with two roti.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 22/06/2026

Today's #dinner: falafel, hummus, rice, mixed vegetables. 🤤🍜

A white pasta dish with white rice, some deep fried falafel, a green cross section of a falafel, diced cucumber, diced red tomatoes, boiled mixed vegetables (green beans, peas, diced carrots) drizzled with hummus. A steel spoon is resting in the dish.

In the background there's a rectangular glass dish lined with tissue paper with 3 more falafel and a hand is reaching in to pick one of them.

A white pasta dish with white rice, some deep fried falafel, diced cucumber, diced red tomatoes, boiled mixed vegetables (green beans, peas, diced carrots) drizzled with hummus. A steel spoon is resting in the dish.

In the background there's a rectangular glass dish lined with tissue paper with 3 more falafel and a hand is reaching in to pick one of them.

Next to it is another, slightly bigger dish in the same style. This one contains hummus I had made a couple of days back

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 20/06/2026

1300 grams of hummus has been made. 😁🍜

A big glass container filled with hummus. The container is balanced on a silver grey kitchen scale which reads '2131 g'.

Behind the container and weighing scale, There is a dark green evoo bottle with the words 'figaro' written in red and a small bottle with a black lid.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 15/06/2026

Rajma hummus. Looks a little unfortunate. Tastes amazing. Our #dinner tonight. 😋 🍜

Close up of white ceramic dish with - boiled mixed vegetables (green beans, diced carrots, cauliflower florets, peas), baked potato, boiled egg cut in half, kidney bean hummus and boiled white rice.

You can also see a similar plate blurred in the background

Between the plates is a white kitchen towel criss crossed with yellow lines.

Two white plates, each with different quantities of - boiled mixed vegetables (green beans, diced carrots, cauliflower florets, peas), baked potato, boiled egg cut in half, kidney bean hummus and boiled white rice.

Between the plates is a white kitchen towel criss crossed with yellow lines

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 13/06/2026

Made a #pizza for our dinner tonight! 🍕🍕 I made the dough the day before yesterday and it was cold fermented for about 40 hours. So good! 😋😋 :D

Holding a slice of home made pan pizza against a white wall

The pizza in a black cast iron skillet. The cheese on top is browned. The pan is resting on black kitchen counter

On a ceramic plate with blue border, there are two triangle slices of pizza on it. In background there's a white plate with two more slices.

Me holding the slice of pizza showing the crumb of the pizza.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 06/06/2026

I believe there is an error in the audience quote in the article - 'dissent with India' needs to be 'dissent within india?

Videos shared on social media showed an audience member attempting to ask a question about the “growing hostility to dissent with India”. The moderator interrupted the audience member, saying that the question was not related to the event’s theme.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 30/05/2026

I don't remember making a lot of these notebooks when I was making them last year, but every time I want s new notebook, one of them appears. 😅😅 Going to use this one to write notes for research for a story I'm writing. :D

An open note book with blank white pages against a textured beige cement wall.

I'm holding up a handmade notebook covered in a fabric with pattern of stylised pale yellow tigers against the black fabric.

In the background is textured beige wall.

I'm holding up the same fabric covered notebook, this time you can see the spine and how thin the notebook is.

In the background is textured beige wall.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 23/05/2026

Something that gives me insane joy nowadays - going to flametreepublishing.com and typing my husband's name ('Suvajeet Duttagupta') in the search bar. So excited for this anthology to come out when I can finally read his story. So proud of you, my love @lucidillusions.in 🥰❤❤❤ #BookSky #ReaderSky

Screen shot from Flame Tree Publishing website showing the search results for Suvajeet Duttagupta. One result, a yellow book with a well built man portrayed on it. And title in red reads Gilgamesh.

Book will be available from 22 Sep 2026

Priced at £ 20.00

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 21/05/2026

Very difficult to trust the process when the process looks like THIS #art #watercolor

Some watercolor practice -

The paper has masking tape around the edges, and on the top there are randomly shaped lightest blue colour tiles painted.

Above is the colour palette and a portion of my colours (turquoise, muddy green, turquoise again) visible.

This is being done on a brownwooden table. On the left top there are glass jars with water.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 14/05/2026

Ooh I have a full borb photo as well!

A very fluffed up round green cheeked conure perched on top of a cage with pink bars against a brown and white background.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 14/05/2026

He's offended because I called him semi circle

A green cheeked conure has shoved himself under his favourite human's knee.

He's sitting on a blue bedsheet with a perch visible behind him.

The bird is mostly green and has a dark cap. There's a white ring around his eyes.

Same bird but now his head is turned and beak is way under the knee.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 05/05/2026

Ladies and gents, this is why we want the kohinoor back - so that it can end up somewhere on a lackluster ambani/adani. 🪱

Photograph of the back of a woman's blouse showing large sized precious stones and green emeralds that were part of the nizam's crown jewel.

A hand from out of frame has put the hair on the side to show the piece.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 01/05/2026

Such a sleepy angel after eating his boiled carrot and pumpkin, multivitamins, and, screaming

A close up of a sleepy green cheek conure with head down and eyes closed.

Another image of him.

(His feathers are various shades of green, and the outer area of his eyes is a white ring, grey beak and pinkish feet)

He's perched on a pink metal cage

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 28/04/2026

Someone tell our PM THAT In states that have consistently had BJP government, even his smallest of BJP goons and politicians, even the student wings consider themselves gods and above all law. I'm just joking. PM knows. PM doesn't care.

Assembly Elections 2026 updates: PM Modi promises 33% reservation for women in govt. jobs in West Bengal rally
Even smallest of politicians, goons consider themselves the government under TMC regime: PM at poll rally in Bongaon
Updated - April 26, 2026 08:48 pm IST

The Hindu Bureau

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 19/04/2026

In my past life, I must have been one of those medieval era painters who had never seen a cat in their lives. #Cats #WaterColor #TradArt #Art

Me holding a watercolor paper with a very grumpy looking grey cat with a large sunflower next to it. It's sitting in a pot which reads flowers & garden.

Behind the art is the view from the window, shows the safety grill and further behind is lots of green grass and city skyline.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 16/04/2026

My dessert tonight is banana fried in homemade bengali-style ghee, honey, and, cinnamon powder. Not what I was expecting but so good! 🤯 🍌 🍜

Close of a roundish octagonal steel plate in which are kept deeply golden brown caramelized banana pieces.

Background is a white sheet.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 22/02/2026

Made misal pao for dinner tonight :D While I've been having it since 2005/2008 (cheap meal when I was in school, and our canteen made a really good version), this is the first time I made it myself. Love it! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 🍜

A steel plate with 3 compartments is kept on black stone kitchen counter.

In the biggest compartment you can see a brown rassa (usal) topped with yellow and orange farsan of various sizes, and a little diced onion.

In another compartment you can see a fluffy white pachi and a wedge of lime.

In the background you can see another human hand taking usal from the bigger silver steel kadai, into his own plate.

A silver steel kadai full of brownish usal with a thin film or reddish oil floating on top, with a steel ladle one end of which is resting in the thin gravy.

Kadai is kept on a black stove top a little of which is visible.

MISAL
(Sprouts and Fried Savouries in a Spicy Broth)
Serves: 4

A book on Marathi cuisine can hardly be complete without a recipe for now can it? The word 'misal' means mix, and so this dish is the sum of various parts. Commercial eateries have popularized the pao as a primary accompaniment, but a Marathi manoos will eat misal on its own or with thick Essentially a street snack, misal cannot really be counted as a traditional yogurt. Essentially home-style dish, although it has now entered home kitchens for its one-pot appeal.
A commercial misal contains very little usal (curried sprouts), a potato bhaaji, a generous helping of chiwda and farsaan and copious amounts of the tarri (spiced broth), each of these prepared separately. This recipe is my unapologetic shortcut and yes, it is as delicious as what you'd find on a street in Mumbai!

For the usal
11⁄2 cups sprouted moth beans (matki)
1 large onion, peeled
1/4 cup dried coconut, grated
1 medium-sized onion, finely chopped
2 medium-sized potatoes, cubed
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1 tbsp coriander stem, finely chopped
3 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
8-10 curry leaves
1⁄4 tsp asafoetida powder
1⁄2 tsp turmeric powder
11⁄2 tbsp kaanda-lasun masala (p. 60)
1⁄2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli
powder
2 tsp coriander seed powder 11⁄2 tsp jaggery Salt, to taste

1. Prick the peeled onion on a fork and roast it on
a naked flame until it is charred black. When
it is cool enough to handle, chop the onion roughly and place in a blender jar along with the grated coconut. Grind to a coarse paste. Set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed the mustard seeds, curry leaves, asafoetida and turmeric powder, and tip in the coriander stem and chopped onion. Sauté until the onion turns translucent. Tip in the coconut and onion paste and cook over a medium flame until the paste turns pinkish brown and fat begins to separate from the sides.

Brown usal ladled into the highest compartment of a steel plate. You can see sprouted matki, cooked tomato chunks and a couple of pieces of boiled potato.

In the background you can see another steel plate with a compartment in which leftover poha and farsan is kept. Both farsan and poha are different shades of yellow.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 14/02/2026

#TBRuary Day 14: Ask the Expert I have been learning Kathak for almost two years now, but I know very little. So, I felt it was an excellent opportunity to share these books. #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

The cover of 'Kathak - The Dance of Storytellers' by rachna ramya.

It shows a male dancer clad in a beige kurta, and a female dancer clad in a pink anarkali with a golden dupatta wrapped in a traditional way around her waist and shoulders, with white flowers in her hair.

They are both on stage, performing a kathak piece. A little bit of set scenery depicting palace arches can be seen in the background..

The cover of 'The Jaipur Tradition of Kathak Dance and Pt. Rajendra Gangani' by Rachna Ramya.

It shows a man on a stage performing kathak dance, in a deep blue silk kurta with a red dupatta tied around his waist. He is kneeling on his right knee, his left foot is firmly on the ground - he seems to be in a half lunge.

He is looking up and his arms and hands are making the mudra of someone blowing a trumpet or a nagada.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 11/02/2026

#TBRuary Day 11: Social Strata I enjoy reading history. I had picked this one a long time back but it just vanished somewhere in my TBR pile. Curious how that keeps happening. 📚 #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

Photo of the front cover of the book 'Akbar, The Great Mughal' by Ira Mukhoty. It shows a mughal style painting with Akbar in a full sleeve light malachite green kurta with a string of pearls around his neck, riding on a fancy bejeweled elephant.

An attendant clad in a brown kurta sits behind him, near the tail of the elephant and fans him with an orange fan that's curiously shaped like a flame...

The emperor's party seems to be composed of a lot of people, quite a few of them on adorned elephants, and they seem to be in a forest crossing a stream or a water body of some sort.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 10/02/2026

#TBRuary Day 10: New Horizons I enjoy travel stories/fiction set in wilderness. I have never been to Botswana or any other African safari experience so this book feels like a fantastic place to start. #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

A book cover with a sleepy yet alert lioness stretched out on a brown rock (or ground?) her face turned towards the camera, With the yellow bush behind her. In the background, at some distance, you can also see some greenery.

Between her forelegs, near her paws, is a grey safari hat with a wide brim and brown accent.

Name of the book - Whatever you do, don't run (True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide)

Author - Peter Allison

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 08/02/2026

#TBRuary Day 8: Long Ago 'Forest Life in India' was published in 1935. It is written by James W. Best who served as an officer in the India Forest Service. The descriptions of the forests are lush. Suffices when I can't go to the jungle. #TBR #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

Following words appear on The TITLE page on the right side of the book

'FOREST LIFE IN INDIA'
BY
THE HON. JAMES W. BEST, O.B.E
(late India Forest Service)
Author of " India Shikar Notes", "Tiger Days", "The Marked Man-eater".

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

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On the left page, there is a black and white photo of an elephant with a mahout on his back with dense forest in the background.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 07/02/2026

1 am. A large vanilla cake has been baked #BakeSky Just waiting for it to cool down. 🤞🏽🍜🍰💙😍

A rectangular (20.8 cm L * 15.8 W * 6.5 centimeters width) glass container with a freshly baked vanilla cake covered with golden flaked almonds placed on black granite kitchen counter. The golden crumb of the cake is peaking through the gaps in the almond flakes.

In the background there's a plastic jar with some dark liquid kept inside (it's not very clear) and you can also see an orange pipeline curving from the top right corner of the photo out of the right side of the frame.

Another view of the cake - this time from the side - showing the golden brown side of the baked vanilla cake.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 04/02/2026

#TBRuary Day 4: Speaking Your Language I've had this little book for a very long time 📚💙 #booksky #readingcommunity #writesky #writingcommunity

An old copy of 'O Cruel Alexis' by Virgil

The book has an all black cover except for a white band in the middle where the words 'Penguin Classics' are printed in black.

The name of the author and the name of the book are printed in white above and below this band respectively

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 04/02/2026

Sent out so many steamed mixed veg paneer atta momo today! :D 🍜 🥟🥟🥟 #dumplings #NepaliCuisine

A silver foil takeaway box inside which I have kept 4 atta momo (brownish in color. 2 at the bottom, 2 above that can be seen clearly) in half moon style with pleats)

Behind the open box are more boxes kept on black stone kitchen counter.

5* silver foil takeaway boxes with their white paper cover on which I have written the following words in blue -

'4* Mixed Veg Paneer Momo (underlined)
[Momo cover made with 100%
wholewheat atta]
04.02.26'

Boxes are kept on black granite kitchen counter.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 01/02/2026

🍜 🥟🥟 I've been making momo fairly regularly since last October and they look so muchbetter - more uniform, just generally prettier each time. :D Today I made a full batch of wholewheat atta momo for the first time. Filling is cabbage, carrot, ginger, garlic, kikkoman soy sauce, paneer. #dumplings

Close up showing rows of dumpling, on parchment paper. The dumpling wrappers is made with whole wheat flour (atta), so it's light brown in color

Another angle showing the rows of dumplings and extra 3 on a plate on the right, kept on black stone kitchen counter.

One more angle showcasing these beautifully wrapped dumplings.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 30/01/2026

I usually save all the deep frying till the end of the month, so here's some khasta kachori I made for our dinner tonight. This is the first time I am getting the recipe just right. 😅 🍜 Small recipe. Yield: 5 small kachoris (53-59 gram each), no leftovers. :D

A steel plate with compartments, on the big one, there is 2 full kachori and a half one showing the reddish brown urad dal besan stuffing. There's a small dollop of green chilli thetcha smaller container has a tomato-potato gravy.

Kachori held in my hand, this is before it is fried

Brass plate with 5 fried kachoris and behind a small wok with curry.

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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 29/01/2026

I finally made proper chillies and groundnut thecha, 10 years after I had first tasted it in a friend's lunchbox! :D Hand pounded garlic, green chillies, coriander, roasted groundnut, groundnut oil and salt. YUM!!!! 🍜

Close up of mortar and pestle, you can see coarsely grounded ingredients

A wider shot of the same, but behind it you see green chillies innan ice cream container on the left, a transparent bottle with salt in it and a metal measuring jar.

The kitchen slab is black with texture.

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