Posts Tagged ‘Italy’

Sunday Levity: Curry, roast beef & Italian wine

Tamil non-vegetarian cuisine two millennia ago
From K T Achaya’s wonderful little book, The Story of Our Food (pages 78-79):
Many animal foods are described with great relish in the early Tamil literature.
Even Brahmins did not lack relish for the meat and toddy served to them at feasts held by the chieftains and princes of the [...]

Why do Europeans take a dim view of India’s international role?

Views of India remain positive, but have taken a “somewhat negative turn” in 2008
This year’s poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org finds that while international opinion of India is positive overall, average positive views have declined from 41% to 39%, while negative views have increased from 30% to 33%. Among the 21 countries polled, 12 (which includes India [...]

And Italy should mind its own business

Indian Christians are Indians.
Italy’s Foreign Ministry, the Indian Express reports, “will summon India’s ambassador to demand ‘incisive action’ to prevent further attacks against Christians that have left 11 people dead in India so far, the government said on Thursday.” They even want the European Union to take up the matter.
Italy has no right to [...]