Indian Takeaway: One Man's Attempt to Cook His Way Home by Hardeep Singh Kohli

By Hardeep Singh Kohli

Review'How deep is Hardeep's love of foodstuff? As deep as Loch Ness and as unfathomable as India. Indian Takeaway is a really humorous and beguiling journey.' Paul Whitehouse Product DescriptionAs a boy, Hardeep Singh Kohli knew the place domestic used to be: Glasgow. yet each person else regularly assumed he was once Indian. simply because absolutely he could not be British, along with his brown pores and skin and turban? Thirty years later, Hardeep units out on a trip to find the place he's relatively from. His tale is as hilarious because it is relocating.

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There are several doorway security machines; once we pass through this initial check we are confronted by a uniformed guard with the handheld – beeping – detecting machine. At this point we are offered a small raised dais in order that we may elevate ourselves for our body check. This may be to save the strained backs and injured vertebrae of the security staff. It could be, but it feels much more as though they simply want the rest of the terminal to have a good view of us, legs apart, arms outstretched, in a pre-star jump pose.

My parents always instilled in me the generosity of entertaining. No one was ever turned away from our house unfed or unwatered. The breaking of bread breaks down barriers. Food soothes and assuages. Romance is continued over breakfast. Friendships are made over lunch, enmities resolved over dinner. That is the power of food. In my repertoire I have a number of powerful classic British dishes. This is food to fall in love over, food to fight over, food that I hope will make me friends across a subcontinent.

I could sense him searching the words, the phrases, the emotions. I knew he had something to say to me at this point, at which his dreams and hopes and fears became my hopes and dreams and fears. ’ ‘Yes, Dad. ’ ‘Good,’ he said. ’ I headed for Gate 32. 3 KOVALAM TO THE SLAVGHTER In a little over eight hours I will be touching down on Indian soil; Bombay, gateway to India. But what makes this trip so very different to the numerous other trips I have taken to the subcontinent is that this is my first as a tourist.

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