Well tell her it is easier to market....You need to explain to them in the language they understand which is food...
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Native British don't know any better, we are the same to them.
Different ethnic groups have been divided between India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc Being son of army personnel I had opportunity to live in four provinces of Pakistan and they all had different foods and different taste . Same is true about India i.e north and south Indian food is totally different ..Pashtun and dari food in Afghanistan is not same so labelling one nationality to food is quiet silly when you have ethnic groups spreading in so many countries .
native British still living in era of pre partition so we should remind them its 21 century
Exactly, most of them don't even know that India didn't exist until after 1947.
Its more about money than jingoism. Giving Indian name to food is marketing tactics to attract more customers i.e locals white as well as immigrant from all sub continent. "Indian cuisine" is well established cuisine in the west even before Pakistan was created. The food generally identified as "Indian" in the west is usually stuff like Korma, biryani, chicken tikka Masala, tandori etc etc which has a huge overlap with Pakistani cuisine. Similarly our army before partition was labelled as Indian army when it had officers from boht region of current Pakistan and India. Urdu was also developed way before Pakistan was created so again they also advertise it as Indian languages even though its national language of Pakistan..
No it was not. And why are you so much bent on building up India. Are of Indian origin??
It is unless you assume there was no food before 1947
Prior to 1947 there was a tiny, tiny population of South Asians and restaurents serving 'Asian' foof were almost unkown. Only after 1950s with mass migration, mostly males was a demand created for 'Asian' food. By 1960s every neighourhood in UK with large migrant population had cafes that serviced the migrant workers. By early 1970s some of the British began to eat 'Indian' and by early 1980s having a 'Indian' had become established.
No my question was simple that what was the name of the "food" which we now identified as Pakistani ..obviously food existed prior to partition of subcontinent and were even known outside India ..I mean most of these cousine was brought by Muslims rulers and delhi was their capital back then..simility Pashtun cousine has long history and was labelled as afghan food
