World’s political dovecotes are, one supposes, aflutter over the rumours of further changes in the Kremlin set-up. While some may have started a guessing game as to whether Mikoyan would replace Bulganin as the Soviet Prime Minister, others may be smacking their lips in satisfaction at the latest trends in Moscow. But a report more tantalizing is the one form Brunswick, West Germany, which is sure to leave many mouths watering.
The dignitaries of Brunswick, says the report, had to wait at a party for an Indian national dish, as it could not be delivered in time. But the really teasing thing about the report is that it omitted to say what the dish was for which the gathering did not mind waiting. Speculation will naturally be rife in epicurean circles on this point. Could it be, they may ask, the sweet-tasting rabri or rasagolla? Was it dahi missal or masala dosa?
Knowledgeable observers will, however, point out that these dishes, though delicious, are but Indian dishes and will question national status being given to them. They may add that strictly speaking only one dish can be recognised as national, as it has come to be identified with the ideal for which the ruling party in this country is striving. And that is iddli, which hit the headlines along with the socialistic pattern of society at the historic Avadi Congress. A pity this angle was missing in the Brunswick story.
(EDIT, August 21, 1957.)
