New Delhi: Amid India-Pakistan tension, shops in Rajasthan’s Jaipur renamed various sweets, including the famous ‘Mysore Pak’ and renamed it as ‘Mysore Shree.’
“We have removed the word ‘Pak’ from our sweets’ names. We have renamed ‘Moti Pak’ as ‘Moti Shree’, ‘Gond Pak’ as ‘Gond Shree’, ‘Mysore Pak’ as ‘Mysore Shree,” a shopkeeper told NDTV.
The ‘pak’ word in sweets, however, doesn’t refer to Pakistan. It means sweet in Kannada.
In ‘Mysore Pak’, the word refers to the sugar syrup used in the recipe. It is a dry sweet made with condensed milk that is named after Karnataka’s Mysore (now Mysuru).
The tension between the neighbouring countries escalated after the terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam in India’s Kashmir on April 22. Following the attack, India claimed it to have cross-border links and launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to strike terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Pakistan then launched a massive missile and drone attack. But the threats by Pakistan were thwarted. In retaliation, Indian forces reportedly struck airfields in Pakistan. A ceasefire on May 10 ended the hostilities.
