Sugarfree ice cream

Amul makes sugarfree ice creams for the calorie consious. It also describes the product as a "diabetic delight".

I asked a shopkeeper in Mumbai, right across the hospital where I've been spending a lot of time, if he had any. He is an Amul retailer. He said he didn't.

Why?

"People here expect to get a packet of sugar complimentary when they buy ice cream. Isliye bandh kardiya," he said. Mumbai had given a new spin to "sugarfree".

I believed him.