• In February, former adult film star Mia Khalifa hit back at trolls by tweeting ‘I can be bought with samosas’, as she relished an Indian meal sent by her celebrity friends.
  • The predominance of Indian-American lawmakers in the new US government headed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is being referred to as the ‘Samosa Caucus’.
  • Last year, artist Sofia Karim expressed solidarity for the Shaheen Bagh protests in Delhi with her art project titled ‘Samosa Packet Movement’ in the UK, featuring paper covers with political messages.
  • In January, an Indian restaurant in Bath, UK, tried to launch its samosa into outer space with the help of helium balloons fitted with a camera and GPS tracker. The devices helped record the crash landing of the would-be space flight on a field in neighbouring France.