After 200 years of British Raj in India, one cannot deny the overwhelming influence of the British among Indians, so when one of my friends accused me of being an Anglophile (in jest of course)it got me thinking.
Look at all the things I favor!
1) Favorite comedy: Fawlty towers and the Yes Minister series
2) Favorite car: Mini Cooper (although i dont drive one!)
3) Favorite children's author: Enid Blyton (despite the stereotyped gender roles that i can now see in some of her books)
4) Favorite Band: Radiohead
5) Favorite classics writers: Doyle, E.M.Forster,Austen, Gaskell, Eliot.....
6) Favorite comedy writer: Wodehouse
7) Favorite news channel: BBC without a doubt (I get so many of their podcasts - Global news, Analysis, Sky@night, Documentaries etc)
8) Movies/TV: Here Hollywood triumphs, but i make sure i get my yearly dose of the Brit/Irish movies (recently watched Mrs.Brown, In Bruges). My favorite TV show these days is "House" and that has everything to do with Hugh Laurie
9) Favorite Grandslam: Wimbledon (that had more to do with Becker than with England though!)
10)Huge points for public transportation Vs the US!
What i don't/didn't like:
1) Cricket - grew up liking it, now cant stand it
2) English soccer league - preferred the Italian league and the Italian team to England (don't follow it these days)
3) Food - that doesn't need any further explanation does it! (although I should give them a few points for their vegetarian options even in Fast food joints!)
4) Castles - there are just one too many!
5) Obsession with the Monarchy
6) Ticket prices for museums - they fleece you to see everything that they looted from the rest of the world!
7) The Blair Bush love fest
8) Weather
9) Legacy of colonialism - Growing up in India, being stuck with so many of their meaningless rules and laws from Grammar to civic life
10) CCTV nation
So does it all even out, or am I still an anglophile? Hmmmm.....
That's a wrap!
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