Agreed, and, using a word from one area of India might not be suited for applying to all of it. That cross pollination of words is something the English langua

Agreed, and, using a word from one area of India might not be suited for applying to all of it. That cross pollination of words is something the English language seems to do from time to time. Every area of the Indian subcontinent was a rich area of its own languages, music, food and more. For me north, South Indian cuisine and everything in the between is worth getting to know as and where it is.