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#ArtandCulture | On October 5, reports emerged that Prime Minister @narendramodi has gifted three unique artifical Indian cheeses to Swiss President @ParmelinG during a diplomatic meeting. All three cheeses were sourced from Mumbai's @eleftheriaindia by Musam Narang. Before this, at the fourth World Cheese Championship of Brazil in April 2026, Indian artisanal cheeses won four prestigious prizes, three of which were bagged by Eleftheria. PM Modi himself took to twitter to laud this achievement (see quoted tweet below). To some, this may come as a surprise as cheese seems almost a foreign concept for many Indians, but it is in fact entrenched in the culinary history of our country, dating back a millenia. In an article published on our website, 'India's Cheese Awakening,' written by Food Historian Tanushree Bhowmick @helloforktales writes, "We have a rich basket of cheeses with fascinating origin stories that surprise foreigners and, sadly, most Indians too" To trace back the history of cheese in India, the savoury dairy product's growth story, and projections of expansion of the cheese market in the country, read her article here: indiasworld.in/indias-cheese… #narendramodi #cheese #indiancheese #brie #guyparmelin (Image Courtesy- 1: Narendra Modi/X, 2,3: eleftheria, 4: Wikimedia Commons)