We live in a globalized world, where we come across a mix of race, culture, religion, and nationalities. And hence over time many cultures have mixed with ours, and saying something is foreign and banning it is not possible. Globalization started centuries ahead, with trading of spices,tea,coffee etc, and it cannot be reversed. Also count the contribution by liquor sales and pubs/bars to the government. This cannot be ignored as well.
Recently Italian authorities have decided to ban a few food outlets that serve foreign food, like Kababs etc. Reason sited by them is eating foreign food takes the "Italianness" away.I wont be surprised if something like this happens in India as well.Food and Drinks should not be considered as citizens. It is almost impossible to segregate food or food habits based on nationalities. For example tea and coffee, which are now consumed world wide. Tea originated from China, and Coffee from Ethiopia.Even the tomato that is a must-have ingredient in Italian-pizza is believed to have come from Mexico. The spices from India have traveled a thousand countries and their flavor mixed with a millions others. So it would be ridiculous to tie some country with a particular food.I think the same argument applies to the recent hue and cry on "pub culture". I dont understand how this pub culture harms any individual or a society. Assault of women in public is more horrific and anti-indian I believe. Even the union health minister has come out with statements on anti pub culture, on grounds that it is against indian culture. Does he think the western-style suits he dresses in are indian ?There is no end to the list of things we do or use in our daily life that is multi-cultured. Our politicians and parties should concentrate more on real issues like naxalites, terro rism, poverty etc.
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