Comments on: Honey, who shrunk the dosa? http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Neale http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200168 Neale Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:58:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200168 <p><i>244 · <B>Manju</B> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005138.html#comment200154">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>most irrelevant anecdotes after the soggy dosa 2 nights ago, i'm now heading down to a wall st steakhouse for a bone-in rib-eye. charred on the outside, dead ass rare in the middle</blockquote> <hr /> <p>...'dead ass' Mostly redundant anecdote when talking 'bout steak :-)</p> 244 · Manju said

most irrelevant anecdotes after the soggy dosa 2 nights ago, i’m now heading down to a wall st steakhouse for a bone-in rib-eye. charred on the outside, dead ass rare in the middle

…’dead ass’ Mostly redundant anecdote when talking ’bout steak :-)

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By: Manju http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200154 Manju Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200154 <blockquote>most irrelevant anecdotes</blockquote> <p>after the soggy dosa 2 nights ago, i'm now heading down to a wall st steakhouse for a bone-in rib-eye. charred on the outside, dead ass rare in the middle.</p> most irrelevant anecdotes

after the soggy dosa 2 nights ago, i’m now heading down to a wall st steakhouse for a bone-in rib-eye. charred on the outside, dead ass rare in the middle.

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By: umber desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200127 umber desi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:39:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200127 <p>Ennis,</p> <p>I didn't mean to suggest that Corn quotas here are affecting price of rice, from what I have come across, the shortage in rice is due to shortage in production, export quotas from producing countries and drougths in Bangladesh. <a href="http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=420283">This article speaks to the point</a>.</p> Ennis,

I didn’t mean to suggest that Corn quotas here are affecting price of rice, from what I have come across, the shortage in rice is due to shortage in production, export quotas from producing countries and drougths in Bangladesh. This article speaks to the point.

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By: Rahul http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200122 Rahul Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:18:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200122 <blockquote>These brahmins are ashamed to be seen as natives of India. Many sikhs and muslims are even worse. It is so stupid and spineless</blockquote> <p><b>Vyasa</b> urf <b>Gupta</b> urf <b>Prem</b> urf <b>Prema</b> urf <b>Satya</b>, you need to modify your invective and change your style, not just your handle, if you do not want your trollery to be identified.</p> These brahmins are ashamed to be seen as natives of India. Many sikhs and muslims are even worse. It is so stupid and spineless

Vyasa urf Gupta urf Prem urf Prema urf Satya, you need to modify your invective and change your style, not just your handle, if you do not want your trollery to be identified.

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By: Gupta http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200118 Gupta Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:10:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200118 <blockquote>About Chitpavan Brahmins: "Chitpavans belonged to Berber(Egypt based Greeks) race." Regarding Saraswat Brahmins: "The story of the migration of this community can be traced from Sintashta-Petrovka and Arkaim regions of modern Lower Central Russia near the border of Kazakhistan. NOTE: I wonder why they conveniently trace their origins to the proto-Indo-Iranian stage, but not, let's say, the Out-Of-Africa period about 55,000 years prior. This would have the impact of increasing their antiquity. But oh yeah...it would create an association with Blacks, and this is a no-no. When you see pictures of these communities, they look nothing like Greeks or Kazakh steppe nomads. So I wonder why they totally down-play their "indigenous Indian" (i.e. Adivasi/Dravidian/Mundic) roots?</blockquote> <p>These brahmins are ashamed to be seen as natives of India. Many sikhs and muslims are even worse. It is so stupid and spineless. Deemz is right:</p> <blockquote> I figure the shame in admitting this is rooted in deap seated inferiority complexes that we share with other conquered peoples.</blockquote> About Chitpavan Brahmins: “Chitpavans belonged to Berber(Egypt based Greeks) race.” Regarding Saraswat Brahmins: “The story of the migration of this community can be traced from Sintashta-Petrovka and Arkaim regions of modern Lower Central Russia near the border of Kazakhistan. NOTE: I wonder why they conveniently trace their origins to the proto-Indo-Iranian stage, but not, let’s say, the Out-Of-Africa period about 55,000 years prior. This would have the impact of increasing their antiquity. But oh yeah…it would create an association with Blacks, and this is a no-no. When you see pictures of these communities, they look nothing like Greeks or Kazakh steppe nomads. So I wonder why they totally down-play their “indigenous Indian” (i.e. Adivasi/Dravidian/Mundic) roots?

These brahmins are ashamed to be seen as natives of India. Many sikhs and muslims are even worse. It is so stupid and spineless. Deemz is right:

I figure the shame in admitting this is rooted in deap seated inferiority complexes that we share with other conquered peoples.
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By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200112 Ennis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:15:02 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200112 <p>Having trouble understanding how US subsidies for corn are having a huge effect on the price of rice in Bangladesh. Ethanol production is having an effect on first world food prices as farmers switch from other crops into corn, that's true, and on third world corn / maize prices, like in Mexico. But rice seems to be a stretch.</p> Having trouble understanding how US subsidies for corn are having a huge effect on the price of rice in Bangladesh. Ethanol production is having an effect on first world food prices as farmers switch from other crops into corn, that’s true, and on third world corn / maize prices, like in Mexico. But rice seems to be a stretch.

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By: umber desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200111 umber desi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:12:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200111 <p>Ennis,</p> <p>To your point of food shortage, <a href="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/04/food_prices.html">interesting piece here</a>.</p> Ennis,

To your point of food shortage, interesting piece here.

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By: umber desi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200096 umber desi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:53:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200096 <p>Boston Mahesh,</p> <p>With all due respect can you please quote the comments from other people in the beginning of your post instead of the end, it makes for easier reading in my opinion.</p> Boston Mahesh,

With all due respect can you please quote the comments from other people in the beginning of your post instead of the end, it makes for easier reading in my opinion.

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By: boston_mahesh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200095 boston_mahesh Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:45:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200095 <p>Deemz,</p> <p>That was amazing! From NWFP, and the kid looks like a Central Indian.</p> <p>Kids from <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_rPfdZHg0M2o/RtBJTvPvNdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/6k-EUAtff3s/s400/Uttarakhand+kids.jpg">Uttarakhand</a> Kids from <a href="http://www.indofacts.com/gramsabha/pdx/images/anarghya-karnataka.JPG">Karnataka</a>.</p> <p>The two are indistinguishable.</p> <p><i>235 · <b>deemz</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005138.html#comment200075">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Boston, I've wondered the same thing. When I visit my relatives in NW Pakistan, it is quite obvious that we have a heterogenous ethnic makeup. We range from blue eyed and fair skinned to black eyes, and dark skin, with most people being somewhere in between. My family has never shied away from their historical roots as Hindus, we know that's what we once were and have pride in our "Jatt" hertiage, so we can at least admit that much. Yet if I am to read the history books about Pakistan, it's as if only the "Aryan" (Indo-European) and later Middle Eastern/Central Asian parts of our heritage matter. There isn't even speculation into the fact that we have some link to the "bedrock" aboriginal populations of India. But to me, when I look at my people's faces, it's undeniable. I figure the shame in admitting this is rooted in deap seated inferiority complexes that we share with other conquered peoples. Look at this kid from Northern Pakistan, this can't be all aryan-turkish-greek: http://sapir.ukc.ac.uk/SLyon/BhalotPics/pictures/mvc-006f_100.html </blockquote> Deemz,

That was amazing! From NWFP, and the kid looks like a Central Indian.

Kids from Uttarakhand Kids from Karnataka.

The two are indistinguishable.

235 · deemz said

Boston, I’ve wondered the same thing. When I visit my relatives in NW Pakistan, it is quite obvious that we have a heterogenous ethnic makeup. We range from blue eyed and fair skinned to black eyes, and dark skin, with most people being somewhere in between. My family has never shied away from their historical roots as Hindus, we know that’s what we once were and have pride in our “Jatt” hertiage, so we can at least admit that much. Yet if I am to read the history books about Pakistan, it’s as if only the “Aryan” (Indo-European) and later Middle Eastern/Central Asian parts of our heritage matter. There isn’t even speculation into the fact that we have some link to the “bedrock” aboriginal populations of India. But to me, when I look at my people’s faces, it’s undeniable. I figure the shame in admitting this is rooted in deap seated inferiority complexes that we share with other conquered peoples. Look at this kid from Northern Pakistan, this can’t be all aryan-turkish-greek: http://sapir.ukc.ac.uk/SLyon/BhalotPics/pictures/mvc-006f_100.html
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By: Ponniyin Selvan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/04/13/honey_who_shrun/comment-page-5/#comment-200081 Ponniyin Selvan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:51:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5138#comment-200081 <blockquote>Look at this kid from Northern Pakistan, this can't be all aryan-turkish-greek: http://sapir.ukc.ac.uk/SLyon/BhalotPics/pictures/mvc-006f_100.html</blockquote> <p>I travelled to North India (the "real North", for many years Tirupati remained the Northern most part of India I visited) on my recent trip to India. There is not much of a difference in the average skin color between the common people I saw in the North versus the common people I saw in Chennai. I don't think Mayawati can claim the Aryan-Turkish-Greek heritage.</p> Look at this kid from Northern Pakistan, this can’t be all aryan-turkish-greek: http://sapir.ukc.ac.uk/SLyon/BhalotPics/pictures/mvc-006f_100.html

I travelled to North India (the “real North”, for many years Tirupati remained the Northern most part of India I visited) on my recent trip to India. There is not much of a difference in the average skin color between the common people I saw in the North versus the common people I saw in Chennai. I don’t think Mayawati can claim the Aryan-Turkish-Greek heritage.

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