If the coveted alphonso mango you bought recently has failed to tickle your taste buds, it is because it has been artificially ripened by calcium carbide.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/over-60-crop-ripened-using-chemicals
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ahmedabad-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mango
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carcinogenicity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health