In India desserts are not merely sweets. Sweets signify emotions, reflect status, and hold unique connotations. The sweet that has acquired a layered connotation, particularly in politics, is revdi.

As the campaign for the Delhi assembly election peaks, in this season of sesame-jaggery-sugar (revdi) sweets, competing political parties are announcing freebies after freebies. Aam Aadmi Party ...