Comments on: Book Review: Curry http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Book Review: Curry by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-10242 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:58:14 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-10242 Hello, tilo-- I enjoyed the book a great deal and do think that Collingham did a good job researching it. What I most came away with was the understanding that when Britain set out to change India, of course, change happened. But India also changed Britain, and I think that is amazing and is a testament to the strength and beauty of Indian culture and people. What it made me think about was the ways in which humanity on both an individual and on a societal scale are always changed when they come into contact with each other. It is always give and take, even in situations of imperialism where one culture has all of the power and dominates another culture. The dominating culture is also changed--one hopes for the better--one hopes so strongly to the better that the dominating culture learns to stop forcing change on other people. Hello, tilo–

I enjoyed the book a great deal and do think that Collingham did a good job researching it.

What I most came away with was the understanding that when Britain set out to change India, of course, change happened. But India also changed Britain, and I think that is amazing and is a testament to the strength and beauty of Indian culture and people.

What it made me think about was the ways in which humanity on both an individual and on a societal scale are always changed when they come into contact with each other. It is always give and take, even in situations of imperialism where one culture has all of the power and dominates another culture. The dominating culture is also changed–one hopes for the better–one hopes so strongly to the better that the dominating culture learns to stop forcing change on other people.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Curry by: tilo http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-10238 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:35:13 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-10238 Barbara -- I loved the book myself. I believe it is well-researched. I got disconcerted by the many references to Indian servants but she is talking about the days of the Raj... Barbara — I loved the book myself. I believe it is well-researched.

I got disconcerted by the many references to Indian servants but she is talking about the days of the Raj…

]]> Comment on Book Review: Curry by: Kavita Mehta http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2243 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2243 Thank you, I will be purchasing the book. I give cooking classes and I have tried my best to expalin these concepts in my persoanl notes posted at http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Classes/ReferenceHome.htm Regards, Kavita Mehta Thank you, I will be purchasing the book. I give cooking classes and I have tried my best to expalin these concepts in my persoanl notes posted at http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Classes/ReferenceHome.htm

Regards,

Kavita Mehta

]]> Comment on Book Review: Curry by: Brett http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2187 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:54:50 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2187 Cool. I think you'll like that book. I find the recipes and writing inspire me to cook. What more could you ask for in a book? Cool. I think you’ll like that book. I find the recipes and writing inspire me to cook. What more could you ask for in a book?

]]> Comment on Book Review: Curry by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2182 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:31:08 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/07/book-review-curry/#comment-2182 You are right--it isn't as much from an Indian perspective--for that, the Achaya book is invaluable, and necessary. Which is why I got cranky with the Oxford blurb--because she isn't writing a definitive history of Indian food--she is writing about the concept, idea, dish and experience that is curry--and she is doing it from a British perspective. Which is what I found interesting--to be honest, I don't know that much about the British perspective on anything regarding India. That is a part of history I know little about--I mean, I know that they were imperialist twits and that the British East India Company had the largest standing army in the world at the time--and Rudyard Kipling wrote a lot about India, but other than that--not much. So, that is part of what pulled me in. What amazed me was how much India changed Britain--and not the other way around--which is what one expects in that sort of situation. That is part of my fascination--learning something new from a perspective I know very little to nothing about. As for that Madhur Jaffrey book--guess what just came today? That very book. Expect a review in the future.... You are right–it isn’t as much from an Indian perspective–for that, the Achaya book is invaluable, and necessary. Which is why I got cranky with the Oxford blurb–because she isn’t writing a definitive history of Indian food–she is writing about the concept, idea, dish and experience that is curry–and she is doing it from a British perspective.

Which is what I found interesting–to be honest, I don’t know that much about the British perspective on anything regarding India. That is a part of history I know little about–I mean, I know that they were imperialist twits and that the British East India Company had the largest standing army in the world at the time–and Rudyard Kipling wrote a lot about India, but other than that–not much.

So, that is part of what pulled me in. What amazed me was how much India changed Britain–and not the other way around–which is what one expects in that sort of situation.

That is part of my fascination–learning something new from a perspective I know very little to nothing about.

As for that Madhur Jaffrey book–guess what just came today? That very book.

Expect a review in the future….

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