[Assam] Wunderkind!

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Wunderkind!
 DIBRUGARH, July 8 —  While other children of his age savour the first taste of chocolates,  17-month-old Jayanta Lahan finds ‘Bhoot jolokia’, world’s hottest chilly, the  most appetising.

Lahan, nicknamed Johnny, started devouring the famed  chilly since he was six months old and today he ate 23 of them in just two  minutes before a group of journalists here. Concerned with their son’s unnatural  taste, Lahan’s parents Ritul and Rupjyoti contacted several doctors here who  have assured them that the child is healthy.

No apparent side affects due  to consumption of the chillies have been detected in the several medical tests  conducted so far.

The toddler, who on one occasion allegedly ate 60 of  these chillies, may be a wonder here but his parents are not interested in  putting his name in the record books. 

“We just want our child to be  healthy. We do not want his health to be affected in any way because of the  chillies,” said his farmer father.

The ‘Bhoot Jolokia’, whose scientific  name is Capsicum chinense “with 1001304 Scoville Heat Unit” (in scientific  terms), has been ranked the world’s hottest chilly.

An Assamese woman,  Anandita Tamuly, is aspiring to make it to the Guinness Book of Records for  eating the maximum number of the chilly. –PTI

       
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