eh. founded by a guy called mudaliar, with a faux-scottish name to show that it was one of the better class of establishments in the city, that would supply anglo indians, brits, visiting royalty etc
no more english than that old favorite of sabha canteen connoiseurs, mountbatten mani is (got himself that name after he once made idli vada or whatever for lord mountbattens breakfast) --srs (iPad) On 01-Sep-2012, at 10:09, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > Or, if you prefer, "identity" and "culture". > > I was looking at this morning's edition of Mint Lounge [1] and I noticed > that Shoba's column for today [2] namechecks silklist while talking > about where to eat in Chennai. :) > > However, my attention was captured by a curious phrase in this column, > talking about a bakery chain called McRennett: "McRennett is as European > as Sonia Gandhi is Indian." > > Now, from context, it would appear that neither is McRennett to be > considered European, nor is Sonia Gandhi to be considered Indian. > > Notwithstanding the fact that most Italians seem to consider her an > Indian [3], this led me to muse about the hoary topic of "what is > 'Indian'?" last discussed here, interestingly enough, via a column of > Shoba's [4]. > > Now, I don't mean to pick on Shoba for what is obviously a throwaway > analogy intended to amuse, but it got me thinking. > > So, here's a question: help me understand why McRennett is *not* European? > > Udhay > > > [1] http://www.livemint.com/Lounge.aspx > [2] > http://www.livemint.com/articles/2012/08/30203952/Customized-cupcakes-and-south.html > [3] e.g, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/10749 > [4] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/28957 > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >
