one, two, three. alright, thank you, guys. thank you, too. [ speaking in a foreign language ] this house came to be built by dr. blake. who was in the east india company service my grandfather came to be nominated to the council of state which used to be a part of british india. it was another time, one that few still remember. the india before partition, when these rooms, this house, was part of the seat of power. i had the privilege of being born in this house upstairs. this was the maharajah s bed. his chambers are present. we went up to my grandfather s room to wish him good morning and we would all come down to breakfast. the walls tell a story. many stories. there used to be a lot of animosity. there were two very divided classes in india so there was a lot of tension between the ruled and the rulers. but that was a different time, you know. now i think back and it s more like a fairy tale. day one in northern india near the pakistan border.
[ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] [ speaking punjabi ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la [ train whistle ] [ train whistle ] reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which used to be a part of british india. anthony: it was another time. one that few still remember. [ train whistle ] the india before partition. when these rooms, this house was part of the seat of power. reggie: i had the privilege of being born in this house, upstairs. anthony: this was the maharaja s bed. i m in his chambers at present. reggie: and it was the routine that we d all parade up into my grandfather s room to wish him g
[ speaking punjabi ] [ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la [ train whistle ] reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which used to be a part of british india. anthony: it was another time. one that few still remember. [ train whistle ] the india before partition. when these rooms, this house, was part of the seat of power. reggie: i had the privilege of being born in this house, upstairs. anthony: this was the maharaja s bed. i m in his chambers at present. reggie: and it was the routine that we d all parade up into my grandfather s room to wish him good morning, and th
anthony: kulcha. a perfect little flavor-bomb of wheat dough pressed against the side of a very, very hot clay oven, slathered with butter, and served with a spicy chole, a chickpea curry on the side. did i mention the butter? navroop: how is it? anthony: mmm! navroop: nice? anthony: delicious! everyone in amritsar seems to be an expert on kulcha, including this lady, navroop. navroop: it s a chutney, and this is all radish. anthony: very, very, very good. generally speaking, punjabis are famous for being a warrior class, taller, bigger. navroop: yes, they re big. anthony: still, maybe not fighters so much, but still eaters. navroop: oh, yeah! big time, yes. the religion doesn t matter. food is religion here!
That s the specialty here. anthony: kulcha. a perfect little flavor-bomb of wheat dough pressed against the side of a very, very hot clay oven, slathered with butter, and served with a spicy chole, a chickpea curry on the side. did i mention the butter? navroop: how is it? anthony: mmm! navroop: nice? anthony: delicious! everyone in amritsar seems to be an expert on kulcha, including this lady, navroop. navroop: it s a chutney, and this is all radish. anthony: very, very, very good. generally speaking, punjabis are famous for being a warrior class, taller, bigger. navroop: yes, they re big. anthony: still, maybe not fighters so much, but still eaters. navroop: oh, yeah! big time, yes. the religion doesn t matter.