Word: indianism
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...correctness first and foremost. In truth, Naipaul is not a racist, nor any kind of bigot. He is certainly less sympathetic to his subjects than many other contemporary writers on Africa, but at the same time he condemns the simplicities of racial analysis and highlights the unfair plight of Indian immigrants throughout East Africa. His brother has fallen understandably under fire for ethnically and religiously insensitive remarks—in recent years, V.S. Naipaul has been overtly prejudiced in his assessment of Muslims and the Islamic World—but Shiva Naipaul, by contrast, merely shares his brother?...
Monsoon Kitchen, the section of the café that served Indian cuisine, was temporarily replaced for the summer by American Barbecue, a special menu of Southern food. This is the first time Greenhouse changed its menu according to the season, and no one at the café, not even the manager Brad Hartman, could tell FlyBy why. Is it some kind of marketing ploy? Does Indian food not sell well during the summer or something? Oh well, we were just curious. And craving curry...
We’re told that the Indian cuisine will be coming back on Sept. 28, so if you actually prefer the Southern food, make sure to enjoy it before it disappears with the warm weather...
...connection to Aung San Suu Kyi - the democracy icon known in Burma simply as the Lady, who in August was sentenced to 11/2 years of house arrest - that had led me to the Shwe Zedi monastery in the first place. Located in the crumbling Indian Ocean port of Sittwe, Shwe Zedi was the monastery of U Ottama, a revered monk whose pacifist resistance against the colonial British inspired independence hero Aung San, father of Suu Kyi. In 2002, this was one of the few places the Nobel Peace Prize winner visited between stints of house arrest, and she called...
...worried some U.S. analysts by calling for a more "equal" relation with the global superpower. Has also endorsed ending an agreement to refuel U.S. military ships in the Indian Ocean and expressed interest in potentially relocating some of the 50,000 U.S. troops currently deployed in Japan...