The temperature in Mumbai has been erratic & I’ve been enjoying a few ice creams on the hot & humid days. The other day I popped into the nearby Baskin Robbins shop to try their Paan flavoured ice cream, which sent me down memory lane. Do you remember when the company 1 st entered India in 1993 & customers were allowed to sample ice cream flavours using their iconic pink spoons before choosing which one to buy? That was pure heaven for a kid.  Anyway, Baskin Robbins celebrates 71 years this month & so today’s GK Nugget is about one of the world’s largest chain of ice cream stores ( over 2,800 in the US & 5,800 around the world ). The company was formed by brothers-in-law Burton Baskin & Irvine Robbins merging their respective ice cream parlors, in Glendale, California, USA. Burton's Ice Cream Shop (opened in 1945) and Snowbird Ice Cream (opened in 1946) (owned by Irvine Robbins) merged in 1953 to form Baskin Robbins. The brothers-in-law...