India must be wary of love Brit-ishtyle

It seemed an exaggeration.

But, then, I began counting, and the figure soon appeared to be a gross underestimate.

Indian restaurants alone (10,000 in 2003 according to one count) must absorb that number and more unless, of course, Britain's prime minister is splitting legal hairs.

But if he counts the restaurateurs as Bangladeshi, so must the food be. You try telling that to the Brit bent on his chicken tikka masala. Or change Madras vindaloo on the menu to Mymensingh vindaloo!

In fact, the curry pioneer - Sake Dean Mahomet whose weatherbeaten grave I discovered in Brighton - was more Bihari than Bengali.

Sheikh Din Mohammed, to restore his real name, who launched the Hindostanee Coffee House in London in 1809, came from Patna.

Text: Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Business Standard

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