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It would appear that Connaught Place, New Delhi (India) is the latest address to be getting a makeover. A slew of new restaurants are making their appearance, the latest (and most glitzy) of which is Side Wok, of Khan Market and Malcha Marg fame.

Mexican food has all the things Indians love — corn, cheese and lots of chillies. Then why are we hung up on imitation enchiladas. One item leaps out at you from the menu of Shiv Sagar, a preferred chain of Udupis in Mumbai: the quesadilla. It’s like searhing samosas at a McDonald’s. Unsurprisingly, the quesadilla at Shiv Sagar has been so Indianised it tastes like a cheese kathi roll. Even its pronunciation has been localised. The waiters solely understand it as ka-sa-dya.The final syllable is uttered with an emphatic, Bambaiyya roll of the tongue.

The admission process at Jamia Millia Islamia university awaits a drastic makeover. From conducting 50 entrance tests every year, the university will now hold just eight tests in all for admission to all its undergraduate programmes this year, vicechancellor Najeeb Jung said.

They were told the battle was being waged for their “ own good”. But undergraduate science students of Delhi University ( DU) have now discovered that they were the biggest casualty in the protracted standoff between the university’s administration and teachers.