pao-wow

Raj Thackeray has asked the Marathi people to speak “pure” Marathi and avoid English and Hindi words.I wonder what he’s gonna do about Pao bhaji?

This Maharastrian/Indian/foodie favourite could pose a serious threat to Raj’s campaign.Someone ought to warn the poor guy!

After all his whole campaign is based on the question of outsiders coming in and taking away Mumbai-wallas pao.But history and culture have a great sense of irony and as it turns out the word Pao is actually the Portugese word for bread!

 So when a poor soul is talking “pure” Marathi,turns out one is actually talking in many tongues…or should i say palates.My dear Mumbaikers in all honesty, wouldn’t you rather give up Raj’s raj than a plate of delectable Pao-Bhaji any day.India is after all just like that dish, a mash of several ingredients in which its difficult,nay impossible,to trace the flavour back to one.So here’s to pao-bhaji,a true cosmopolitan among dishes!