Marbellous stuff

The Codd-neck bottle, better known as banta, is 141 years old and forgotten in most parts of the world, but in Delhi it refuses to retire. It is not taste that sells the banta. The entire weight of its popularity rests on the fascination of a marble-stoppered bottle in the 21st century and the brief but satisfying whoosh of carbon dioxide escaping when the marble is pushed to unseal it.

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