On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:49 +0530, shiv sastry wrote: > Ram Guha's gushing acceptance of "shared" Pakistani culture and cuisine is a > result of his having schooled in Dehra Dun and having lived in Delhi. Not too > many South Indians would have accepted a "shared culture and cuisine" with > Pakistanis until a decade or two ago, but attitudes are changing.
but the same south indians then cannot also claim a "shared culture and cuisine" with north indians in delhi or dehra dun... indeed, perhaps this was ram guha's point, that there is in many ways more shared "culture and cuisine" (whether tandoori food or not letting girls go to school) across the northern subcontinental region, cutting across religions and national boundaries, than between different parts of india itself.
