Pani Puri, Golgappa, Puchka, Gup Chup: Same Snack, Four Names, One Origin Story
Order it in Mumbai and it’s pani puri. Ask for it in Delhi and you’ll hear golgappa. Cross into Kolkata and it becomes puchka. Head to Hyderabad or parts of the south and you might hear gup chup. Four names, four regions, four sets of people who’d each insist their version is the real one…