How many times have you read a travel guide and not prepared a check-list for yourself? A new illustrated book, The Other Mahabaleshwar: A Template for Mindful Travel, hopes to do exactly this. Just that, it won't draw your attention to the strawberry farms, breathtaking mountain views or shopping arcades, which the forested hill station is most known for, but to the jewel bugs, yellow-footed green pigeons, Murray's cobra lilies, and other varied flora and fauna that continue to inhabit this eco-sensitive town, nestled in the Western Ghats of Satara.