What Is Indian?
Yoga, Fans, Paans, Bidis, Kohinoor, Tandoor, Kabaddi, Mehendi ... et al
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| Yoga is now the stressed-out west’s favourite mode to relax. And no prizes for guessing where |
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those fans and paans came from? |
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Rumours of use of child labour may have checked the march of the little ciggies. But, make no mistake, we gave the world the beedi. |
| | Chess started off on our shores as Chatur-Anga,
meaning four-bodied. And palmistry and mehendi is
all in our |
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| The Mulligatawny Soup, such a rage across the seven seas, has a Tamil origin. It’s short for Mulaga (chilly) and Thanni (water). |
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| Garv se kaho: the Kohinoor is ours, as are tandoor & kabaddi. |
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Does any species, anywhere else in the world, reserve bus and train seats by remote by placing a handkerchief or a newspaper on it? |
| | From the land of Rig Veda, Ayurveda. As are those ultra-hygienic sip-and-smash earthen cups and Mulayam’s favourite sport. |
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| To all those who wail about our dirt and filth, ask them this: will you ever bump into a professional ear-cleaner on any other soil? |
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