Two biscuits float in my memory when I try to recall my childhood days in India: The paper thin (true to its name) Britannia thin arrowroot biscuit, and the Parle Glucose.
The former tasted papery, while the latter had a sugary sweetness about it. One is shaped like a chakra with a serrated edge, while the other is rectangular in form, looking more like a carved terracotta artifact than a biscuit.
Both went well with the first cup of tea we had in the morning.
I chanced upon two contemporary ads of the biscuits and realized that the biscuits, like people and their lives, have come a long way. Britannia now has the middle name of "nutrichoice" while the "Glucose" from Parle has been replaced by the letter "G".
I was disappointed to learn that Britannia nutrichoice thin arrowroot biscuits, while retaining the shape of a chakra, has undergone an identity change into becoming a stomach-friendly biscuit that cools down the stomach after a bout of binging on spicy Indian snacks.
Parle-G, on the other hand, is shooting straight for the brains.
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