Dehradun, Aug. 2 -- Culinary Chronicles

Years ago, while driving to Kathmandu, Butwal was the first major town where the initial halt was, across the Indian periphery via the Sunauli axis. A long treacherous drive on rugged highways developed an enormous craving for food.

A roadside lunchroom with no frills caught the fancy of our eyes. A modest eatery with picture frames hooked on the walls of the ruling Monarch with his Queen of those years and basic furniture adorning the floor to accommodate the guests.

Those were the decades when the world had no hunch of what cyberspace was, the digital maps did not perform and there was nothing as online booking. What one haughtily possessed was a hard copy of a travel guide with mention of tour...