It was very gratifying to read about the progress of the Cooper’s chikki and popular fudges ("Cooper’s at the crossroads,” Parsiana, December 7-20, 2022). In the 1950s and ’60s my father and I would go to Lonavala at least once a month in our Chevrolet car. We would invariably stop at the Cooper’s chikki shop and purchase coconut, glucose and mixed nuts chikki. Cooper’s would never sell their products at the Lonavala railway station or at any other place. Their outlet was the small shop in the Lonavala bazaar which has been described in your article.
My wife Parvin was also......