Image Credit: Monicabhide.com This exercise may remind you of that memorable scene from the movie 'A time to Kill' but bear with me.. Close your eyes & picture yourself as a child visiting a friends house for tea. Try to think of something that your friends mom served that was so delicious & mouthwatering, something you never had at home. A taste so unforgettable, you longed for the time you could enjoy that treat again.. just let yourself swim in those memories.... ' SNAP OUT OF IT'! Question: During this self imposed daydream, did it ever matter to you which part of the country your friend was from? Did you care if the food served was Tamil, or Gujrati, or Bengali or....? (applies to readers who grew up in India) All that stood out was that it was unforgettably delicious. At that moment of time, the food being analyzed by your taste buds & nose was for all practical purposes, just Indian. Even as we chafe under the (partially true) ...
Global Palate, Indian Perspective!