I do believe India, even without yet visiting, is a country full of mystery and charm and like what you say, its probably the best for a person to visit it personally and experienced it without any pre-conceived impressions.
The head of the Fish is used in some curries/stews but itās never the main item. I personally love the head part of the fish but itās something that isnāt served in restaurants. Iāve been to Samyās but could never understand the hype around the place though.
It was strange as well considering that Roti-Prata is a well established singaporean cuisine item.
https://www.foodpanda.sg/restaurant/x0iu/amaravati-restaurant-little-india
This is the one. Thereās one more restaurant with the same name though which has a vastly different menu.
Samyās was an institution for us for Curry Fish Head back in their hey days but once they became a tourist hotspotā¦thats itā¦I mean it still decent but its just not fantasticā¦but again people would just bring their foreign visitors there because its a easy place to bring them to
Yeah precisely, but when you are in a country where there are people who eat roti prata with just white sugarā¦
In Thailand prata is eaten with sweetened condensed milk. 
My Bengali Missus always says - āIn India there are Bengalis, non-Bengalis and South Indiansā
Any South Indians here?
Saw a place selling Dosa in Berlin. Very sceptical, but any excuse for a dosa. Served without sambar! Very shocking!
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South Indian here (although thatās still 4+ languages in there)
Sambhar is optional in most cases for Dosas. Generally Tamil Nadu restaurants serve Sambhar with all their items but Itās not the case elsewhere except along the Konkan belt in Karnataka. Generally at home, We donāt bother making sambhar just for dosas unless itās readily available.
And even if Sambhar is served in these joints , Itās generally not to my liking (except if itās a Tamilian run place)
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Interesting, I always thought it was mandatory.
Itās really not. Iām not blaming your bong mrs for generalizing btw
Especially because I worked in Gujarat and people routinely referred to me as a madrasi ā¦
Generalization be huge amongst indians
No, itās more of a joke about how snobby Bengalis are.
Indians love to generalise 
Btw Can I get some clarity/guidance on the use of the term āDesiā?
Who does it cover? Is it only Indians or does it cover Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal?
Is it ok for non Desis to use it?
Not sure about srilanka and Nepal as well as Bangladeshā¦
But desis is fine for indians and Pakistanis
Must be ok for Bangladeshis too then.
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South indians wonāt appreciate it too much but itās not a biggie
And by south indiansā¦ There is still a distinction thereā¦
But over all , indians wonāt mind if people refer to them as desis. Neither will the pakistanisā¦
Well thereās are entire gems being written about Bengalis (all in good fun mocking ofcourse).
My missus uses it all the time. Desis do this Desis do that
I like bongs though. Most especially Bong females.