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More Curry tales
There was a time when British India had these nice dining cars on trains with set tables and liveried waiters at call, fancy cutlery, and so on, but they were long gone before my time. Then there were the restaurants and clubs in cities which pandered to the Raj. But for the British who ventured beyond their dank and dreary environs, it was a long trip and along the way, some went native, others got curried, while the food served to them got browned and sometimes roasted to darker hues, and the curry became a part of the Brit&#;s life, so much so that these days, a Brit without his weekly curry fix is a lost soul. Don&#;t you think we should spend a while chatting about the influence of Indian food on the Raj as well as the reverse impact on Indian eating habits? Don&#;t you think you would like to know about the &#;Muls&#;, the &#;ducks&#; and the &#;quihys&#; as we trace the culinary osmosis brought about by the many invaders and colonizers of India?
The impact of the foreigner on Indian cuisine started eons ago, with the arrival of the Northern and Northwestern invaders, the arrival of meats and fancy cooking, with fats of many kinds. The Mughal and Persian impact show even today in the Northern half of India and has already seeped into the Southern k
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Usha Khanna
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Usha Khanna was born on the 7th of October in Gwalior, India (during times of British India), and she is a well-known music director in Indian Cenima; she has been working in the music industry for more than 40 years, which is quite impressive. Even though there are more male music directors in this field, she has become one of the most successful female directors in the field.
Early Life and 1st Song in the Film Industry
Usha Khanna's father, Manohar Khanna, used to write songs and sing in Gwalior; in , while in Bombay (now Mumbai) there, she met Jaddanbai, who was Nargis Dutt's mother. Jaddanbai encouraged him to write ghazals in Hindi movies using the name Jaaved Anwar. Usha Khanna's first song in the Hindi film world when the famous music director O. P. Nayyar introduced her to Sashadhar Mukherjee (a big name in Indian cinema); impressed by her talent, Mukherjee asked her to compose music for the movie "Dil Deke Dekho" in , which was considered as the start of her successful career.
Career
After her song came in in Dil Deke Dekho, Usha Khanna faced some challenges at the beginning, but she did not give up, and that led to many popular songs and successful partnerships. Some of her famous songs are "Chhodo kal ki baatein" from the movie Hum
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