Hey Ramesh Arora,
Wonton the matter with you? We were happily dumpling our way around in this country. And suddenly, out of nowhere, you come and hurt our fillings.
We knew we were far too hot and steamy – but we were just replacing samosas from the plates of potbellied Indians. But that doesn’t mean you can steamroll us, dude.
’Nuff of this ‘tu tu, mo mo’. You’ve accused us of being a health hazard because we contain Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) – aka ajinomoto. Well, logo ko ajinomoto se darr nahi lagta saab, but Sant MSG se lagta hai. Perhaps you’re frying the wrong MSG?
Mr Momo Rakshak, we are just like you. You serve the people with half-baked truth. We stuff the people when they’re at their hungriest. See, both of us are serving the country.
Also, have you noticed how much we resemble namkeen gujiya? Have you considered the possibility that we may have been siblings who got separated during the Kumbh Mela? It’s just that I ended up being adopted by Tibet.
Are you convinced? Have I momo-fied you enough? You claim we are sold in the country by ‘Bangladeshis’ and ‘Burmese’ – but here, we’re loved by millions of Indians. That does not make us anti-national. In fact, love for momos unites the north and south of the country.
Also bro, like I said, we are from Tibet, your BFF. If you had to ban one of our kind, you could have easily banned wontons or dim sums – they come from China!
Yes, China.
The country that tries to stake its claim on Arunachal Pradesh. The same country that has infiltrated our markets with cheap and 'hazardous’ products. One of your own claimed that China’s chowmein apparently leads to hormonal imbalance. After all that China has done to India, you call us unpatriotic?
So, ban me if you must. But my cousins will live on. Remember wontons, dimsums, gyozas….
Acha chalta hoon,
Instagram mein yaad rakhna
Mere zikr ka zubaan pe swaad rakhna…
Yours,
Steamed and folded,
Momos
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