Local body menu

Marriages may be made in heaven but the menu for the wedding feast is fixed by the bride's family. Of late in Maharashtra, though, the menu is being determined by the controversial local body tax (LBT). The traders' protest against the state government's decision to implement LBT to replace Octroi duty has forced the families to struggle to change the menu for want of supplies. Some families, thus, forewent their trendy menus of chaat, dosas, Chinese and Tex-Mex, and apologetically offered their guests the traditional puri bhhaji and shira instead.