New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- I'll be the first to admit I'm not exactly a master of the culinary arts, with my arch nemesis, the humble roti, often looking like pre-Pangea landforms and not the circular staples many of us have grown up on. But I do love a warm, perfectly puffed roti, particularly when its fresh off the tawa, and the idea of being able to eat garma garam roti is highly romanticized, often to the point of exaggeration, for many.

Now, one had heard of the Rotimatic roti-making kitchen gadget when it first shipped to customers in the United States and Singapore back in 2016, but a lack of local availability and an upwards-of-$1000-pricing ensured that while it piqued the imagination of many in India and made for many WhatsApp forwar...