The Indian folks love their sweets. And the war of words between people from across the country as to which ‘mithai’ is better than the other has never ceased. The debate was renewed on Twitter after we reported how Orissa losing the ‘rosogulla’ war was unfounded.
Member of Parliament from BJD couldn’t be happier.
“https://t.co/qCviKmhB0x brings the ‘sweet news’ to our Odia readers that the news about them losing Rosogolla to Bengal is fake” ?https://t.co/CZj0GgrPb5
— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) November 15, 2017
Of course, the war over Rosogulla wasn’t about to stop with just an OpIndia fact check. Panda wasn’t in the mood to let go of the Rosogulla. He was seem demanding a head-to-head tasting contest for the Bangal and Oriya variety
Ah ha! So the GI tag is ONLY for the spongy, usually canned, variety? We should arrange a head-to-head tasting against the succulent, brown, nuclear-attack-on-the-taste-buds varieties from Salipur, Pahalo, & dozens of other places in Odisha with centuries’ longer tradition?https://t.co/lSBlTsFDLN
— Baijayant Jay Panda (@PandaJay) November 15, 2017
This, however, was just the beginning of the Great Indian Mithai debate. Soon, polls came up wondering which is the most over rated Indian mithai of them all, and Twitter saw some hilarious responses.
You are forgetting that a rasgulla can be broken into two and each half dipped in vim liquid to scrub dishes. The spongy texture is very useful. Mysore Pak is handy for the times when you have no access to Kalakand.
— Vivek (@vivx) November 16, 2017
Soon, a two years old tweet, that quoted Lord Crincklybottom’s “undisputed” hypothesis of the origins of Mysorepak resurfaced. While Orissa and West Bengal fought over rosogulla, we saw Tamilians and Kannadigas fighting over the origins of Mysorepak.
As always, authentic documents come to the rescue. Here it is – confirmation that Mysorepak is a Tamilian invention. pic.twitter.com/GxSVfquwRN
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) August 2, 2015
Oh, this is getting interesting! Now there is proof! Lord Crincklybottom can’t be wrong! Let’s grab some popcorn (or may be Mysorepak?) and see how Kannadigas defend it… https://t.co/cqGcXtJTPL
— Raj (@sg8078) November 15, 2017
Mithai enthusiasts from the different parts of the country were seen hating on each other and demanding public shamings. The war had heated up!
Those who are rating Kaju Katli as the most overrated Indian sweet, should be public shamed.. https://t.co/2jozsvg6ZB
— Shrin (@ShrrinG) November 16, 2017
While the hate rises, fascist creeps in, divide deepens, we feel that it’s time Modi takes moral responsibility for this National Mithai mess and resigns with immediate effect. In the meantime, we here at OpIndia are closely following the developments while munching on some delicious Gulab Jamun!
