Milking the Commonwealth Games bandwagon for all its worth.

In Malaysia, having indians dressed in punjabi suits, or saris on a daily basis is an almost common sight.

An abundance of indian stall food, mamak, teh tarik is available. Not to mention almost cheap. Murukku, Murtabak, Chapati, Roti Canai, you name it, we have it.

So it's Commonwealth Games in India, and the childcare centre I'm working at is has been working on the theme of India.

With Australia currently the lead in the medal tally, there is more reason for viewers to be paying attention to the games.

Coles Supermarket is also jumping on the bandwagon.

One of its advertisements has a male host who informs a mother that she only has to spend ten dollars for dinner for a family of four. (Eating out in Australia is generally expensive, okay).

So they are promoting their prepared packet masala curry, and then we have a scene with dancing indian women folk in bright red, and yellow saris around a water fountain. The scene then fast forwards to dinner, and the entire family is in awe of the mother's cooking skills.

Currently on Channel Ten, there are indian food cooking demonstrations.
They have even brought in a chef from an indian restaurant.

Ok, perhaps I'm being cynical. I get cynical about prepacked instant food packages from a western supermarket. When basically not much has been done except to add water, and some seasoning!

Except for say, if it was bought originally from that ethnic group's asian grocery store.

I really prefer food made from scratch, or at least the effort was 75% of it. That's how I do my cooking anyways.

But anyways, it is a good starting point for Aussies, and perhaps other migrants in Australia to learn a bit about the indian culture.

What with the hullaballoo that the Australian government threw in regards to barring further incoming migration early this year.

For Malaysians, I hope we continue to have our morning teh tariks and roti Canai in peace and for the many years to come.

-- Sent from my Nokia E71.