The author at her best is trying to tell India had nothing of its own and all the good things including Irani samosa and pyar and mohabbat in Indian lives came from outside.
there seem to be no end to this pseudo pragmatism. Farsians came to India as refugees because moghuls tortured their lives within 15 years of their conquest.
But they were given the best treatment which every phoren person get in this soil. Best location for their homes and shops and almost tax free living even today for all those big homes they own in walkeshwar and chowpatti along the marine drive.
At best the author could have questioned when we treated them so well why are we getting treated like thieves when you go there?
