I’m an on-and-off Outlook reader and have been ruing its declining standards. However, your Bharat, Ek Bhoj issue (Jan 11) was spectacular; every page of it had me salivating! The only disappointment was Arun Jaitley’s piece on Punjabi food (Gheeful Comfort); you couldn’t have chosen a worst ambassador for it. I can only pity him for the deprived existence he’s led, having discovered the Amritsari kulcha only 15 years back. And some of the bjp’s delusional state must have rubbed off on him, if he thinks he introduced Delhi to it! Not a mention of the grand Punjabi cuisine—makke di roti, sarson da saag, mooli parantha, amritsari fish, kukad, rajma chawal.... In fact, it is culinary blasphemy not to have had the last in the reckoning for the national dish!
Tarun Adlakha, on e-mail
I polished off your New Year issue in one sitting but was shocked, surprised and disappointed to note that none of your contributors considered that epitome of innovation, the Everest of Indian cuisine: Gobi Manchurian.
Sivakumar Vakkalanka, on e-mail
