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The Indian Vegetarian 100

In true copycat fashion, here is my list of the 0 Indian vegetarian foods that I think everyone should try at least once in their lives. It is a highly subjective and very eclectic list, featuring what I believe are some unique ingredients, restaurant classics and regional specialties. It demonstrates my biases, because many of my own favorites are in there to the exclusion of other dishes. We are so lucky to be absolutely spoiled for choice while filling this list- India is home to tens of thousands of unique flavors. I have placed links (don't worry, the links won't be copied when you copy the list) to a picture or a recipe for each food, for someone who may not be familiar with that particular food. I thoroughly enjoying browsing the blogs and flickr looking for suitable pictures. [lien] [EN]

The Indians Just Quit US! …Or DID They?

Sioux Indians "Withdraw From the USA"? Or not! Here is the kind of story that really proves how little the MSM bothers to research things, how they often simply print glorified press releases without doing any real "journalism," and how the defective end product gets picked up and regurgitated like it is suddenly a "fact." In this one we have the story of "the Lakota Sioux Indians" announcing that "they" have withdrawn from agreed upon treaties with the US government and that they are now a sovereign nation, no longer to be called citizens of the USA. Problem is "the Lakota Sioux Indians" that have made this announcement are just an unaffiliated group of Indian activists the leader of whom does not represent the official Lakota tribe leadership! Yet here is the news media reporting this story as if all "the Lakota Sioux Indians" have banded together and quit the union. [lien] [EN]

Madonna enthrals Indian hosts with folk dance (AFP)

Madonna enthrals Indian hosts with folk dance (AFP) AFP - Pop star Madonna showed great dance moves in between her riding trips during a holiday in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, her host saiP - Pop star Madonna showed great dance moves in between her riding trips during a holiday in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, her host said Friday. This entry was posted on Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 1:02 pm and is filed under Madonna. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [lien] [EN]

A history of Indian mathematics

As many readers of this blog know, I’m fascinated by the history of discovery. While you certainly can be a good scientist without a knowledge of the history of discovery, there is much to learn from not just what is known, but also how it was discovered. Usually the stories behind discoveries are almost as fascinating as the discoveries themselves. Additionally, reading about the stories behind the discoveries also sometimes are humbling experiences; and makes you realize how much work might have gone into some findings, or how much some other discoveries was based on a collective work many individuals preceding the discoverer. Additionally, reading about the history of discovery also makes you realize that knowledge or discovery was never restricted to one group or place alone, but different civilizations at different times had bursts of creativity. [lien] [EN]

Indian Food on YouTube: The Vah Reh Vah Chef

Chef Sanjay Thumma is my current favorite time suck. It's refreshing to watch someone demonstrate mouth-watering dishes with uninhibited joy, a matter-of-fact globalism and minimal make-up. It helps that I love so many cuisines in India, but what immediately appealed to me is his stance as a teacher. It's a very different experience to learn about traditional foods from someone who assumes, from the beginning, that his audience is not comprised of outsiders. Like a student whose teacher sets high expectations, viewers and home cooks rise to the challenge. His balance of expert advice with friendly reassurance is neither oversimplified nor condescending. He's a professional who knows his stuff, yet he doesn't gleam with that over-polished, over-packaged look of television. Each video, from 2 to 10 minutes. [lien] [EN]

Contemporary Indian Cooking by the Book

Three Indian-inspired cookbooks tantalized my tastebuds this year. Each presents a new way of experiencing Indian flavors and food. Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking is actually a reprint of a book first published about ten years ago, but you-know-who made the whole "quick and easy" thing in fashion again so I can see why it was reprinted. What's interesting about the recipes, is that Jaffrey is not trying to dumb down the cuisine or simplify it. There actually are plenty of Indian recipes that don't take days to make or long shopping lists. The notes with each recipe tell you if it is a one-pot dish, how to serve it and sometimes the history of the dish. Many of the recipes are ones I had not seen before such as Chickpeas Cooked in Tea, Gently Stewed Beets. [lien] [EN]

Pueblo Indian corn beer

Jeffrey at Wort's Going On Here? posted a link to this article on FOXNews.com: Study: Pueblo Indians Brewed Beer From Corn 800 Years Ago. It seems familiar but it's pretty recent (the earliest reference I can find to it is from December 6th here). The gist is that it appears that the ancient Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest brewed a corn beer, hundreds of years prior to the arrival of the Europeans. What makes this news is the fact that historians thought the Pueblos didn't have beer—or fermentation—at all. Archaeologists have proved otherwise via a method that should be familiar to Dogfish Head fans: using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry on ancient pottery shards to detect the existence of organic beer compounds. So it has to be asked: will Dogfish brew a Pueblo Corn Beer? It's right up their alley. [lien] [EN]

Rude Callers Are Stressin’ Out Indian Call Center Staff

Are you frustrated when you called a company and found out that you’ve been routed to an Indian call center? Well, your frustration’s nothing to what’s afflicting those on the other end of the line: heart attacks, ulcers, and insomnia. Researchers estimated that heart disease, strokes and diabetes would cost India more than £100 billion in lost [...] [lien] [EN]

Indian Lawyer is Heir to French Crown

In the unlikely event that France decides to go back and be a monarchy again, the guy next in line to be king is … an Indian lawyer named Balthazar de Bourbon: A restoration of the monarchy in France is, of course, improbable. But so is the story of how a possible heir to the throne, [...] [lien] [EN]

Indian police beat man Google helped arrest [Don't Be Evil]

Remember the man Google and an Indian ISP helped Indian cops arrest for the crime of posting an allegedly defamatory picture on Orkut? He now says that during the 50 days he spent in jail, Indian... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [lien] [EN]

Mardi Gras Indians

Photo: Infrogmation [Wikipedia] Every year, "Indians" suit up to revel in the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana. Here’s a fascinating story at Life in the Fast Lane: Each Indian typically makes their own costume with the aid from family and friends to sew elaborate bead and feather work. A chief’s costume can weigh up [...] [lien] [EN]

Now He Goes After the Indians

President Bush vetoed SCHIP twice, denying the renewal of the health care program from children whose families can't afford insurance but don't qualify for Medicaid. Now, as this editorial from the New York Times notes, he's threatening to do the same for the Native American population.A bipartisan bill to begin repairing this shameful situation is now on the Senate floor. It takes aim at such long neglected needs as the plight of urban Indians, who account for two-thirds of the nation’s 4.1 million tribal population. Most of the American Indians and Alaska natives living in cities are either ineligible for, or unable to reach, the limited help of the Indian Health Service’s reservation-based programs. During the Bush years the White House has sought to eliminate — not bolster — the severely underfinanced Urban Indian Health Program. [lien] [EN]