Furore in India

We arrived early this morning in Delhi and were very glad to… We had a 5 hour delay due to a technical problem.

Our first meeting is only tomorrow afternoon, so we first took a nap and freshened up a bit. After that we went for some typical Indian food.

Before our trip, I read an article about an Indian restaurant in Delhi, Bukhara restaurant. According to some, it should be the best Indian restaurant in the world and also the best restaurant in Asia. Knowing that we were spending some time in Delhi, I already suggested visiting that restaurant and I reserved a table for the two of us. The restaurant is called ‘Bukhara’ and it has lots of awards to its name. It is famous for its rustic atmosphere.

 

Richard had Tandoori Chicken I had a non-vegetarian Biryani. It was the best dish I’ve ever had!

Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish marinated in yoghurt with tandoori masala (a mixture of spices specifically for use with a tandoor, or clay oven used in Indian cooking).  The Biryani is a rice based dish with spices and meat (chicken, mutton) and vegetables.
 

Unluckily, recently India has also been mentioned several times in the news / headlines all over the world: the rapes, group rapes, rapes with juveniles, abuse, the protests,.. We all know about it.  While we were there, we felt the tension in the city, the fear,  all papers mentioning the same headline,…  

On Monday, there has risen a new accident. A 5-year old girl has been kidnapped and has repeatedly been raped by her neighbour in Delhi. The little girl is now fighting for her live. The poor girl and her family! There has been a new protest, police should have offered the parents of the 5-year old money to keep the case silent… Then a picture of a police slapping a woman in the face was sent all over the world..

 

It would be an understatement to say that that is the only case. Yearly, 24,000 rapes are reported. Bear in mind that rape is considered the most under-reported violent crime.

Let’s also think about the group rape in December. Due to that, the protests and the international attention to the case, the Indian parliament has voted an anti rape law.

Let's hope perpetrators will get caught, victims will share their story and justice may prevail!

Valerie...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21950197  

http://www.vahrehvah.com/indianfood/top-25-tasty-and-popular-dishes-in-india/

http://goindia.about.com/od/wheretoeatdrink/tp/delhidining.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22212004