Why does an egg curry recipe on NYT have an anti-Modi rant

India

oi-Oneindia Staff

For
long
there
has
been
a
brigade
in
the
West
and
US
which
has
chosen
to
criticise
PM
Modi.
What
you
will
read
below
is
actually
very
bizarre

New
Delhi,
Jan
17:
Why
has
an
egg
curry
recipe
in
New
York
Times
become
an
anti-Modi
rant.

The
egg
curry
recipe
by
an
in-house
critic
Tejal
Rao
wrote,
‘food
has
always
been
politicised
in
India,
a
person’s
diet
often
revealing
the
specifics
of
her
cultural
identity.
And
under
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
and
the
surge
of
pro-vegetarian
Hindu
nationalism,
even
the
simple
practices
of
serving
eggs
at
school
lunch
has
become
fraught.

Twitter
user
Vishal
Ganesan
was
the
first
to
notice
the
strange
section
in
the
egg
curry
recipe.
He
took
to
Twitter
and
wrote,
Me:
“I
want
to
find
a
recipe
for
egg
curry.”
The
NYT
recipe:
“Under
the
government
of
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
and
the
surge
of
pro-vegetarian
Hindu
nationalism…”
No
one
on
earth
more
banal
than
desi
NYT
writers.

Me:
“I
want
to
find
a
recipe
for
egg
curry.”

The
NYT
recipe:
“Under
the
government
of
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
and
the
surge
of
pro-vegetarian
Hindu
nationalism…”

No
one
on
earth
more
banal
than
desi
NYT
writers

pic.twitter.com/ZP9yLDpCYo

—
Vishal
Ganesan
(@vjgtweets)

January
16,
2023

Rao
was
criticised
by
other
netizens
and
one
user
Aashish
wrote,
“Curry
Recipe
by
NYTimes
under
Cooking
Section.
“Under
the
government
of
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
and
the
surge
of
pro-vegetarian
Hindu
nationalism”.
11
Mins
Full
Boil,
8
Mins
Half
Boil.
LMFAO.”

Birds
killed,
nests
and
eggs
destroyed
after
tree
gets
chopped
down
in
Kerala
|
Watch

Egg
Curry
Recipe
by

@nytimes
under
Cooking
Section

“Under
the
government
of
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi,
and
the
surge
of
pro-vegetarian
Hindu
nationalism”

11
Mins
Full
Boil,
8
Mins
Half
Boil

LMFAO

pic.twitter.com/sQLJzyYIC5

—
Aashish
(@kashmiriRefuge)

January
17,
2023

Dr
Sheen
Ambardar
said,
The
New
York
Times
is
known
for
hiring
brown
sepoys
to
propagate
anti-Hindu,
anti-India
drive.
But
this
one
takes
the
cake
(or
the
egg
curry
as
it
were).

The
New
York
Times
is
known
for
hiring
brown
sepoys
to
propagate
anti-Hindu,
anti-India
drivel
but
this
takes
the
cake
(or
the
egg
curry
as
it
were)#eggcurry
#mediabias
#ridiculous
#california
#losangeles
#nyc
#southasian
#news
#Food
#recipes
pic.twitter.com/tlXwbkGb30

—
Sheenie
Ambardar
MD
(@DrAmbardar)

January
17,
2023

A
Twitter
user,
Only
in
Mumbai
said,
”
evidently,
Egg
curry
recipes
not
only
ones
NYTimes
food
critic
Tejal
Rao
uses
to
spread
hatred
for
elected
Indian
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.
Interesting
how
non-Indians
(UK-born,
parents
Kenyan)
use
all
kinds
of
content
to
propagate
anti-India
narratives.
But
it’s
NYT.”

Evidently,
Egg
curry
recipes
not
only
ones

@nytimes
food
critic

@tejalrao
uses
to
spread
hatred
for
elected
Indian
Prime
Minister

@narendramodi.

Interesting
how
non-Indians
(UK-born,
parents
Kenyan)
use
all
kinds
of
content
to
propagate
anti-India
narratives.

But
it’s
NYT.

https://t.co/kyWEON10JO
pic.twitter.com/Q3H1YUwsXn

—
Only
in
Mumbai
(@OnlyInMumbai)

January
16,
2023

Previous
criticisms:

Tajal
Road
has
been
criticised
for
his
anti-Hindu
rants
in
the
past
as
well.
“I’ve
got
to
know
Tejal
Rao.
Is
there
an
autocorrect
feature
NYTimes
that
anytime
anyone
writes
a
story
on
India-even
one
on
Gujarati
cuisine,
a
rote
denunciation
of
Hindu
nationalism
gets
mentioned?
I
mean,
your
story
is
about
dhokla,”
wrote
Twitter
user
Aseem
Shukla
in
March
2020.

I’ve
got
to
know

@tejalrao:

Is
there
an
autocorrect
feature

@nytimes
that
anytime
anyone
writes
a
story
on
India–even
one
on
Gujarati
cuisine,
a
rote
denunciation
of
Hindu
nationalism
gets
mentioned?
I
mean,
your
story
is
about
dhokla!

pic.twitter.com/FkUN1rBcGH

—
Aseem
Shukla
(@aseemrshukla)

March
14,
2020

We
found
the
original
Egg
Curry
recipe
on
New
York
Times

Cooking.
The
page
in
fact
does
have
the
recipe
with
line
criticising
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.