Don't ask us how, but we have a copy of the menu served at the ceremonial dinner hosted by Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina this Saturday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And, whereas we ourselves are discovering a new-found respect for vegetables, we could not but rue the fact that with the gastronomical tips and bows to a certain personage from Ahmedabad, Bangladesh's most famous dish was conspicuous by its absence.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Pic/PTI