27/07/2023
Mohini Gupta 's tricolour pasta post made it to the final round of the Istituto Italiano's photo competition celebrating Italy in India!! Thank you for your vote — Please “like” this photo on Facebook to make her win 🥰
The prize is just perfect as she gets to learn one more language!
https://www.facebook.com/100064560677908/posts/662126859282664/?d=w&mibextid=qC1gEa
📸 #4 Mohini Gupta
✍️ Backstory of the photo:
I don’t know when or how the Tiranga Pasta tradition started at home: a fusion of pomodoro, carbonara and pesto. Every August, on Indian Independence Day (which happens to be Ferragosto in Italy) we gather around a dish of spaghetti decorated with the flags of the two nations: Italy, where my father was brought up, and India, where I was born and learned to love everything Italian. My grandmother will always be my Nonna to me; my childhood nickname was Tortellini Gupta, thanks to my fondness for Italian khana; I will never tire of correcting my friends’ pronunciation of bruschetta and calzone. I wasn’t born or educated in Italy but my Indian mother and Italian-at-heart father brought me up to be a good Indian ragazza! The tricolor tradition remains unchanged over the years with one exception: a dairy intolerance has forced me to forgo my beloved parmigiano for plant-based options. Nothing can come in the way. Viva l’Italia in India!
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👉 Our followers (across all media platforms) will ‘like’ the photo they think deserves to win. The photo with the most ‘likes’ until 29th July 2023, 11:00 AM (IST) will be declared the winner of the first prize. Similarly, the second & third prize will follow.
📣 The three winners will be announced on 29th July 2023, 11:30 AM (IST).
🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st - Three consecutive Italian language courses for a total of 162 hours�🥈 2nd - Two consecutive Italian language courses for a total of 108 hours�🥉 3rd - One Italian language course for a total of 54 hours
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Good luck to all finalists! 💚🤍❤️