Occidentally Yours A different shade of Gulaami: The Cultural Colonies of the Mind By Somnath Batabyal “Angrezon ke gulaam.” The man, once sure that his words had reached my ear, went back to polishing the row of shoes neatly arranged in front of him. My two friends from South Africa, noticing my sudden embarrassment asked me what the matter was. I tried to smile and usher them to the next lane, Paranthe Wali Gali, in Old Delhi. There, over two sumptuous stuffed delights accompanied with tangy curd, I told Greg and Pierre what the cobbler had shouted at me. They doubled up in laughter....