The creamy intestinal discomfort-inducing food that is commonly served at Indian restaurants across US is not Indian food, says blogger Gaurav Sood in Blogcritics.org, one of the better and more intelligent products of blogosphere. Indian food outside India has taken on a life of its own, he says, confirming our worst fears.

"The 'Indian' food that is generally available includes a crimson red chicken dish and an overtly creamy generic curry dish with paneer and creamy spinach. All of the curry dishes seem to be made from one generic pre-packaged powder, whose assault on the tongue is only moderated by the handsome amount of cream.

"The debasement, or rather bastardization, of Indian food hasn't stopped there. Indian restaurateurs, in their effort to cater to the Western palate, have created entirely new dishes that cannot be found anywhere in India. And then of course there is the cross-fertilisation with other cuisines."

(To read more of Sood's very well-written diatribe against Indian cuisine outside India, go to www.blogcritics.com)