William in ‘dosa diplomacy’ on India visit

MUMBAI — Britain’s Prince William helped cook a dosa in Mumbai on Monday after he and wife Kate met perhaps their biggest fan in India, making the 93-year-old’s dream come true. The Duke of Cambridge met entrepreneurs and inventors in the western city before making the Indian pancake using an innovative automatic device called DosaMatic. After watching a demonstration, William gladly poured some batter and waited for the dosa to cook before tasting a bit and declaring it “not bad,” although the Duchess could not be tempted with a bite. “The Duke said he would love to have the machine in his palace,” Eshwar Vikas, device inventor and chief executive of Mukunda Foods, told reporters afterward. Day two of their tour of the Indian subcontinent came after the royal couple met Boman Kohinoor, owner of Mumbai’s most famous Parsi cafe, on Sunday evening. Kohinoor, 93, has a strong claim to be India’s biggest fan of the British royal family — giant cardboard cutouts of William and Kate adorn his restaurant — and he said on Friday he was desperate to meet them. His dream came true after William and Kate were made aware of a social media campaign with the hashtag #WillKatMeetMe. — AFP