The Haqeeqat of chow mein and mera naam chin chin chu
If Gujarati diamond merchants discovered Shanghai before many other Indians, then PM Narendra Modi’s perambulations amongst the terracotta warriors have certainly put Xi’an in the desi tourist imagination. Of course the PM in dark glasses, posing amongst the army of statues unleashed a meme riot on social media showing that it is not only the Japanese who like to capture every Kodak moment, but Modi does too.
But then the Great Wall between India and China is slowly being breached. Before Modi’s visit, Aamir Khan and Jackie Chan together launched PK in Beijing, a real sino of the times. We Indians no longer say Cheeni kum because from Diwali phooljharis to Read More