Indo Caribbean food
This cassava-based flatbread is traditionally baked on a tawah and eaten with pepperpot.
This composer from Chennai became the first Indian to win two Academy Awards in one night, for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for a 2008 film.
Shah Rukh Khan plays Raj in this 1995 film that became one of the longest-running movies in Indian cinema history.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
The number on the door of Eleven’s room at Hawkins Lab.
Room 11
This is the only official language of Suriname, despite Sranan Tongo being widely spoken.
: Dutch
Known as the “King of Playback Singing,” he lent his voice to thousands of Bollywood songs from the 1950s onward.
Lata Mangeshkar (if female) or Kishore Kumar
This shredded green mango relish is heavily spiced and often sold in bottles along the roadside.
Sour (Mango sour)
– This 2001 Ashutosh Gowariker film blended cricket and colonial resistance, earning an Academy Award nomination.
Lagaan
The name of Dustin’s Camp Know Where girlfriend who communicates via Cerebro.
: Suzie Bingham
The capital city, located along the Suriname River, is a UNESCO site for its Dutch colonial wooden architecture.
Paramaribo
This sitar virtuoso collaborated with George Harrison and helped popularize Indian classical music in the West.
Ravi Shankar
– Cook-up rice gets its characteristic dark color from this ingredient made from caramelized sugar.
Cassareep
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, this 2002 tragic romance starred Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Madhuri Dixit.
: Devdas
The Duffer Brothers revealed that the Upside Down is “frozen” in Hawkins on the date of this Will Byers disappearance.
: November 6, 1983
This Javanese-Surinamese dish of marinated skewered meat served with peanut sauce reflects the country’s Asian diaspora.
Satay
Famous for his ghazals and playback singing, this artist’s hit songs include “Chitthi Aayi Hai.”
: Kumar Sanu
These small, deep-fried split-pea balls are a popular snack and are often served with sour.
Pholourie
Hrithik Roshan made his explosive debut in this 2000 blockbuster opposite Ameesha Patel.
: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
The full real name of Papa, the director of Hawkins Lab.
: Martin Brenner
Suriname gained independence from this European country in 1975.
The Netherlands
She was the first Indian woman to receive the Bharat Ratna and is also known as the “Nightingale of India.”
Lata Mangeshkar
This Christmas dish is a slow-cooked stew traditionally made with beef, cassareep, and wiri wiri peppers.
Pepperpot
This 1998 Karan Johar film centers on Rahul, Anjali, and Tina, and revived the friendship-to-love trope for a generation.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
The D&D character class Will the Wise plays in the boys’ campaigns.
Cleric
This massive rainforest reserve in central Suriname is one of the largest protected tropical wilderness areas in the world.
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
This percussionist, son of Alla Rakha, is internationally acclaimed for his tabla performances and collaborations with jazz and world music artists.
Zakir Hussain