Of Paneer-Tikka, Idlys & Tacos

I really wonder how we can be nostalgic about different things in different situations. Just for example, take the case of the author of this blog.
Around 4 months back, when he was living in Chennai, away from his native state Delhi, he used to miss “authentic” north Indian food like hell. Its not the case that South India doesn’t offer you decent north Indian food, but as you cannot enjoy the real taste of “nariyal chutney & Idly” in a south Indian restaurant in Delhi, the same way the “shahi paneer” wont taste the ‘delicious’ same in a dhaba in Chennai. Anyways, coming back to the point, he always used to crave for good north-Indian-trade-mark-paneer curries and used to wait for the time he would go back to Delhi and savor the food he is missing for long. Every six months or so, he used to satisfy his taste buds during his trips back to north India.

As the fate had in store for him, he was further thrown away to Mexico. He used to tell me how good the Mexican food is and how happily he is enjoying the spicy Mexican delicacies. I heard from him that there’s nothing in this world which tastes better than Tacos & absolutely nothing which can match a hot quesadilla. But it was not long before he started feeling nostalgic again. In a recent conversation I had with him, he admitted that now he is missing the food back in “India” (North or South not applicable) more than ever before. Doesn’t matter whether is Paneer Tikka or Sambhar wada, whether it is Gobhi naan or Onion Utthapam, he just wants some Indian food to eat.

Being a witness for long, to his changing preferences and nostalgias, he makes me think again and again, about the changing preferences of human psyche. I wonder if this is the case only with a weird psycho like him or others too experience the same phenomenon.