India’s Comfort Food Tells The Story Of Its Pandemic

Alia Allana was spot on. Across India's varied culinary landscape----where what one eats can signal class, caste, religion, ethnicity, and income-----Parle-G biscuits are neutral. Wealthier Indias dip them in milky tea, poorer ones in water. A pack sells for as little as Rs.2, or about 3 cents, and can be found at 5-star hotels as well in the fields of rural India. They are a symbol of consumer citizenship, of an aspirational equality. Please visit India to learn more.

Useful link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/india-biscuits-coronavirus-pandemic-migrant-workers/612619