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As we were idly browsing through our well thumbed copy of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (18th Edition) a little while ago, we stumbled upon an interesting English word with, of course, a strong connection to India – Bombay Fornicator.
Sounds interesting, na?
Bet all you chutias’ hands are already inching their way down. 
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Stieg Larsson’s greatest achievement was to bring Swedish crime fiction to the world stage.
Who having read Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy can ever forget the bisexual eccentric abused tattoo freak Lisbeth Salander or the journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they hunt down some of the most viciously bad guys in the icy corners of Sweden putting their lives on the line.
A hard act to follow for any Swede or for that matter a crime novelist elsewhere too.
So after recently seeing a full-page ad in the New Yorker for the new Swedish crime novel Three Seconds by journalist Anders Roslund and ex-criminal Börge Hellström, our interest was piqued enough to borrow the English translation of the book from our local library.
We finished the 489-page crime novel last night.
While not disappointing, Three Seconds is nowhere in the league of Stieg Larsson’s book. Continue reading »
Delaware on the U.S. East Coast is a depressing place when it comes to a good dine-in Indian restaurant.
Of the many Delaware restaurants we have blessed with our presence, Taste of India on Kirkwood Hwy in Newark is one of the few dine-in places serving decent Indian food with clean ambiance and friendly, professional service.
While there were no standout, out-of-the-world dishes during our visit to Taste of India, much of the food we tasted was flavorful even if it was only mildly spiced.
More importantly, the food had a freshly prepared taste unlike the spoiled food served at Taste of India’s ugly neighbor Himalaya.
Even a common fixture like the green chutney had a fresh taste at Taste of India, was flavorful and not freezing cold like in most Indian restaurants.
Piping Hot Samosas, Crisp Pakoras
Samosas and Pakoras were served at the table as they were not ready when we started our lunch. The medium-sized Vegetable Samosa was evenly cooked, crisp and the potato filling fresh and tasty.
Spinach Pakoras were mildly spiced and crisp and we thoroughly relished them with fresh green chutney and tamarind sauce. Nothing like hot and crisp Samosas and Pakoras on a cold day, right?
Superb Naan Bread
Creamy, Flavorful Shaahi Paneer
Shaahi Paneer set in a medium thick sauce was creamy, very flavorful and much enjoyed with the piping hot Naan bread served at the table.
The sauce had seeped well into the fried Paneer cubes. Oh, the very thought of it gets us salivating. Continue reading »
As Indians start to make a little money to eat two meals a day and buy a few clothes to cover their private parts, some of them are exhibiting weird and violent behavior.
You can’t open an Indian newspaper these days without reading of yet another rape or molestation.
No, we’re not making it up.
Here are a few headlines we’ve culled from Indian newspapers over just the last few days:
* 24-yr-old accountant raped in Ghaziabad
(Indian Express)
* Man rapes HIV victim; held
(Deccan Herald)
* UP: Girl’s limb chopped off for resisting rape
(India Today)
* Guard rapes 3-year-old in school, victim identifies rapist’
(Times of India)
* ‘I was slapped, stripped and molested by policemen’
(Times of India)
* Friend, 2 others held for raping schoolgirl
(Hindustan Times)
* Girl gang-raped in Auraiyya
(Times of India)
* Thrissur Rape Victim Dies
(The Hindu)
* BPO employee molested near Dhaula Kuan
(NDTV)
Mind you, the above headlines cover just a few days. Rape and violence are a fact of life in India, with the victims often getting no justice.
As we’ve cautioned in the past, tourists to India ought to think twice, thrice before they believe in those stupid Incredible India campaigns and embark on an Indian vacation.
In the event, foreign tourists still plan to visit India we strongly recommend they keep a mace, Taser gun and rape survival kit handy. And do not expect justice at the hands of the Indian policemen, who on many occasions have turned rapists themselves.
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India Digest – India Distilled (almost) Daily by SI
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