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Desi × Global.

Maggi or ramen, Shaktimaan or Spider-Man. Home meets the rest of the world.

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Food01

Maggi at 2 am or ramen at a fancy place? Defend it.

Defend your plate.

Food02

Which Indian dish would take over Paris if it got a proper chance?

Defend your plate.

Food03

Fuse your hometown’s food with a cuisine you love. Name the dish.

Defend your plate.

Food04

Butter chicken pizza: innovation or crime?

Defend your plate.

Food05

Starbucks or a ₹10 cutting chai? What would make you switch sides?

Defend your plate.

Food06

Which desi snack deserves a global fan club?

Defend your plate.

Food07

Your mom’s dal against any restaurant in the world. Who wins?

Defend your plate.

Food08

First meal in a new country: something local, or something that tastes like home?

Defend your plate.

Food09

What’s a food you only discovered after moving to Gurgaon?

Defend your plate.

Food10

Pick one dessert to represent India at the Olympics.

Defend your plate.

Food11

Momos: Tibetan, Nepali or Delhi street? Who does them best?

Defend your plate.

Food12

What would a Michelin-star version of your favourite street food be called?

Defend your plate.

Food13

You open a fusion café tomorrow. What’s on the menu board?

Defend your plate.

Screen01

Which Bollywood villain would win Squid Game?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen02

Recast Friends with Bollywood actors. Who’s Chandler?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen03

Which Hollywood film needs a desi remake, and who plays the lead?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen04

K-drama or a Sooraj Barjatya family drama for a rainy Sunday?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen05

Your life is a Netflix show. What’s it called, and where is it set?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen06

Which Indian film would you show a friend from abroad first?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen07

Shah Rukh or Tom Cruise to lead your heist crew? Why?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen08

Which song would you play to explain India to someone in 30 seconds?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen09

Which cartoon from your childhood deserves a Pixar reboot?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen10

Arijit Singh or Taylor Swift for a long drive?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen11

Who survives longer: you on Big Boss or you on Survivor?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen12

Which film dialogue do you still use in real life?

Spoilers allowed.

Screen13

Which show from another country changed how you see things?

Spoilers allowed.

City & work01

Gurgaon or Silicon Valley for a first-time founder? Make the case.

Make your case.

City & work02

Which global city is Gurgaon secretly trying to be?

Make your case.

City & work03

Sector numbers or street names: which is better, honestly?

Make your case.

City & work04

“Let’s circle back” or “kal karte hain”: which is the bigger lie?

Make your case.

City & work05

Monday stand-up or chai-break gossip: where does the real work happen?

Make your case.

City & work06

Which Gurgaon spot could pass for another country in photos?

Make your case.

City & work07

Delhi Metro or the London Tube: which would you trust with your life?

Make your case.

City & work08

Office, home or café: where are you actually productive?

Make your case.

City & work09

What’s one habit from abroad Gurgaon should steal tomorrow?

Make your case.

City & work10

What’s one desi habit the rest of the world needs?

Make your case.

City & work11

Jugaad or a five-year plan: which one runs your life?

Make your case.

City & work12

India and the internet had a baby. What’s your job title?

Make your case.

City & work13

Gurgaon in 2040: Dubai, Singapore or something only Gurgaon could be?

Make your case.

Then & now01

Doordarshan Sundays or Netflix Sundays: which were better?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now02

Which 90s ad jingle can you still sing, word for word?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now03

Tazos, stickers or cricket cards: what did you collect?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now04

Which school tiffin would you trade anything for today?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now05

Shaktimaan or Spider-Man as a kid?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now06

Your first phone: Nokia, Samsung or something nobody remembers?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now07

Orkut you or Instagram you: who was cooler?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now08

What did you think “abroad” looked like when you were ten?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now09

Which childhood street game should be an Olympic sport?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now10

What hand-me-down from an older cousin did you secretly love?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now11

Which childhood snack vanished, and what replaced it?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now12

Cassettes, CDs or Spotify: which one made you love music?

Nostalgia hits different.

Then & now13

What’s something from your childhood you wish the whole world had?

Nostalgia hits different.