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© mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". Having deeply enrooted into my mind that I would use this official trip to also satiate my gastronomical inquisitiveness besides doing some work I lost no time enquiring where can I find Makhan-Vada at Dholpur (Dhavalpur), as soon as I reached Dholpur, another district in Rajasthan and my new work location. The suggestion about Dholpur’s must-eat delicacy had been provided by the wonderful Government School Master I met in Bharatpur who had told me about the famous sweet Bistarband of Bharatpur . But to my dismay most of the people I met in Dholpur were unaware of the sweet called Makhan-Vada . That was strange! If the people of a town or a city don’t know what’s the best thing to eat in their town’s

© mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". I had been on a surprise deputation to Bharatpur, Rajasthan for an official work. Though initially sulking over the assignment as it would keep me away from my family at Bangalore for a month there were some very good culinary experiences at this new temporary workplace. One fine afternoon an impromptu chat post lunch with a local Government School teacher who happened to be my new colleague at the Bharatpur District Collector’s office brought forth the topic of what’s a must eat dish at Bharatpur.   The middle-aged soft spoken master mentioned about a sweet called “ Bistarband ” which literally translates into English as “ bedding rolled into a bundle .” He mentioned that he himself was unaware of the sw