Et tu, Mahindra? Anand Mahindra prefers dal fry, jeera rice to Caesar salad when travelling

Caesar salad may be a popular and healthy mix of greens, but it doesn't seem to have industrialist Anand Mahindra in its fan club. The Mahindra Group chairperson, who is travelling across borders now, shared that he would rather join Brutus and "assassinate Caesar all over again".

Early on Sunday, Mahindra tweeted, "Back to international travel again. But if I find Caesar salad on yet another in-room dining menu, I will gladly take over from Brutus and assassinate Caesar all over again… Et tu, Mahindra?"

And when Twitter users realised that the salad -- a mix of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, Parmesan cheese, and black pepper, among others -- is not one of Anand Mahindra's favourites, they offered options and he chose dal fry with jeera rice.

Some users, however, pointed out that Caesar salad had no connection with Roman dictator Julius Caesar or the play on him by William Shakespeare whom Mahindra quoted in his tweet.

But then, others were quick to point out that Mahindra used the Julius Cesar reference only as a pun -- a gesture the industrialist appreciated.