Badey Miyan: A popular Irani and Mughlai non-vegetarian drive-in without enough parking space. "Bade Miyan" means Big Brother in Urdu. Urdu is the language most Indian Muslims speak.

Bheja fry: A fried chicken brain.

Devanagari: The alphabet normally used to write Hindi, Marathi and Nepali.

FMCG: Fast-moving consumer goods — companies like Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble fall under this definition.

Hanuman: The legendary monkey-warrior and devoted servant of Lord Rama.

Krishna: In Hinduism and Indian mythology, the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu, who is popularly regarded as the preserver of the universe.

Lakh: 100,000.

Mahabharta: The "Great Story" of Ancient India, written in Sanskrit. Its central theme is the contest between two noble families for possession of a kingdom in northern India. The most important part of the poem is the Bhagavad-Gita, a dialogue about the meaning of life between Krishna and the hero Arjuna.

Ramayana: The shorter of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India, telling the story of Rama.

Shiva: One of the gods of the Hindu Trimurti (triad of supreme gods.) Shiva traditionally personifies both the destructive and the procreative forces of the universe.

Sita: Rama's wife. Her rescue is a key part of the Ramayana.

Rama: Hindu deity worshiped as the seventh incarnation of Vishnu.

Vada Pao: A popular street snack. Typically, slices of bread accompanied by potato dumplings.

Vedas: A body of ancient literature that consists of four collections of hymns, ceremonies and poems. The collections are called the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda.

Most mythology definitions paraphrased from Funk and Wagnalls.com