[Taking stock]

This marathon started January 21. That gives me 8 more days in which to eat 25 vada pav. Not pretty.

Maybe it's a good time to step back and assess what this unit — the vada pav — is worth. In this post at The Other India, Dilip tries to sketch out what someone living at the poverty line can buy in Bombay. Such a person would have one-third of Rs. 540 (about $12.50, though that's deceptive) per month at his or her disposal for food.

If you ate nothing but vada pav that's 45, or one and a half per day.