I recently had the chance to visit Pune on a short trip. Between gobfuls of sumptuous comfort food I caught up with lots of family and friends. During these conversations one common theme started to emerge that I cant stop thinking about. But before I go any further a quick tangent…. ….On this trip I threw caution to the wind and ate what could be the Mt Rushmore of desserts. Puran Poli, Basundi, Jilbi (aka Jalebi) and Motichur Ladoo. That led me to the conclusion that this is the best lineup of desserts in the world and they all come from a relatively small geographical region. You add stalwarts like Shrikhand, Aamras and Kaju katli to this list and we have a true All Star team! I challenge any region in the world to come up with a better line up. But anyway, enough about that. Everytime I engaged in a conversation and the subject veered even close to the Indian State of the Union there would be this common theme; XYZ is ...