bomibantai

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Same as "beat coffee" in Punjab/ India! I'm guessing the name comes from "beating" the coffee since there were no immersion blenders back in the day. Mom would take a spoon of coffee and a spoon of water and vigorously mix it in a steel container. Then top with milk and ice.

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/22/us/nixon-says-he-considered-using-atomic-weapons-on-4-occasions.html

"The fourth time he considered the nuclear option, Mr. Nixon said, was during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, when the United States was concerned that China might intervene on the side of Pakistan, triggering a Soviet intervention for India"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_74

"On 6 and 13 December 1971, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. [32][33]"

India sends a team of 4-6 officials on a 3 day hike in a lion infested jungle to get the vote of a single person (caretaker of a temple)

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/5/8/an-election-booth-inside-a-forest-in-india-for-just-one-voter

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/officials-travel-deep-into-jungle-in-gujarat-to-allow-one-temple-priest-to-vote-idUSKCN1RZ1H0/

I've often wondered whether those officials look at it as a punishment posting, forced vacation, their job, or something else entirely