All Hail the Indian Diaspora

In the 60s Ravi Shankar..along with the Beatles..took the Sitar and Indian classical music to the world.
That was soon followed by Yoga and Meditation..a Spiritual Awakening by a disillusioned West.
Then came Indian cuisine.A friend..Porus..immigrated to Sydney in the 80s..the Indian restaurants could be counted on your fingertips!! Now there are over 200!!
In England..Butter Chicken is now their national dish (wonder what happened to steak and kidney pie?).From Veeraswamy's to the hole-in-the-wall take-away kebab joint..Indian cuisine rules!!
Now comes Bollywood (hate the name..prefer the Indian film industry)..but Bollywood it shall be.
Jai ho from Slumdog Millionaire..and the Academy Awards set the trend.
There was a pair who did a Bollywood routine for their dance section at the Winter Olympics ice skating competition.
A Bollywood routine was choreographed for the 1st time during this season's "So you think you can dance".
And now..it's in their homes and weddings too!!
Love it.. :-)