Abstract
The discourse of colonialism involves construction of specific images of both the colonizers and the colonized and more often than not, both the groups internalize these images. This process of knowledge formation helps the colonizers to perform the role of the self-appointed guardians and control their territories. Food has always been one of the most prominent indicators of cultural markers. Thus, any change in the identity of an individual or a group gets reflected in the food habits. Similarly, the effect of the process of colonization can be seen in the food habits and if we can identity these changes, we will be able to find out the colonial discourses which are working behind their implementation. This paper attempts to locate not only those discourses but also the changes in those discourses over a period of time. With reference to ‘Indian Outfits and Establishments’, written by “an Anglo-Indian”, this paper attempts to find out through a close examination of the Anglo-Indian foods and recipes, why and how the identities of the colonizers and colonized in India were created and maintained and how, eventually, they negotiated towards a culture where their identities were no longer concrete but fluid.
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