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"...most Indians probably see this as a laudable step toward modern comforts...", a comment from someone who is not an Indian, while I see a few following comme

"...most Indians probably see this as a laudable step toward modern comforts...", a comment from someone who is not an Indian, while I see a few following comments by Indians (seemingly) who fondly reminisced about the experience. Its funny, the conviction that over a billion people of a different country/culture would see the world like you would. Besides, "modern comforts" are there for the taking if one wants it. One can always travel first class in these trains, where you have multiple tiers to choose from ranging from air conditioned private cabins to A/C car coaches. Otherwise, you can travel the other classes and tiers where you get a chance to explore what is talked about in the article. To each his/her own. Edit: I think the author is speaking about the experience in the cheapest 2 classes of Indian railways. Here are the fare class codes in Indian Railways [0]. There are at least 6-7 other tiers of fare classes above these. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways_coaching_stock#Accommodation_Types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways_coaching_stock...

rayiner 10y ago
> a comment from someone who is not an Indian I have fond memories of my aunts making dried fish curry (my dad is from a part of Bangladesh that makes this: http://bengalicuisine.net/2010/lotiya-shutki http://bengalicuisine.net/2010/lotiya-shutki). It's delicious, but you can smell it cooking in an apartment building from outside. > Its funny, the conviction that over a billion people of a different country/culture would see the world like you would. I think there is a tendency for people, often westerners but also Indian elites (and the author of this article is definitely one of those), to romanticize aspects of life there that I don't think ordinary people will be sad to see go.
- madengr 10y ago
  Looks delicious. Most westerners won't touch fish sauce or shrimp paste, even though it is delicious.
  - rayiner 10y ago
    I keep a huge bottle of fish sauce around . . . for reasons. My parents lived in Thailand for several years and learned of its magic.
- miraj 10y ago
  ha! small world, I am from Bangladesh too! anyway, the fish dish that you mentioned ( i.e. "Shutki")is kinda on the extreme/fringe side of Bengali cuisine. its not adored by many people. heck even my own parents do not like it. although me & my siblings love it!

rayiner 10y ago

> a comment from someone who is not an Indian I have fond memories of my aunts making dried fish curry (my dad is from a part of Bangladesh that makes this: http://bengalicuisine.net/2010/lotiya-shutki http://bengalicuisine.net/2010/lotiya-shutki). It's delicious, but you can smell it cooking in an apartment building from outside. > Its funny, the conviction that over a billion people of a different country/culture would see the world like you would. I think there is a tendency for people, often westerners but also Indian elites (and the author of this article is definitely one of those), to romanticize aspects of life there that I don't think ordinary people will be sad to see go.

madengr 10y ago
Looks delicious. Most westerners won't touch fish sauce or shrimp paste, even though it is delicious.
- rayiner 10y ago
  I keep a huge bottle of fish sauce around . . . for reasons. My parents lived in Thailand for several years and learned of its magic.
miraj 10y ago
ha! small world, I am from Bangladesh too! anyway, the fish dish that you mentioned ( i.e. "Shutki")is kinda on the extreme/fringe side of Bengali cuisine. its not adored by many people. heck even my own parents do not like it. although me & my siblings love it!