印度女作家基兰?德赛获2006年布克奖的小说《失落》中塑造了一个老法官形象,他在留学英国期间,因身上的“印度味道”而变得自卑,终日躲在小屋里,羞见人群。这种味道,是印度人的鲜明特征。印度的味道,和茶有关,也和香料有关。在茶快速发展的年代,茶成为印度人生活最重要的部分。印度人的饮茶方式很特别,他们习惯喝一种香料茶,也叫“马 Indian woman writer Kieran Desai shaped the image of an old judge in the 2006 Booker Prize novel Lost, who became inferior during her study in the UK and became humbled by her ”Indian taste.“ Shame on the crowd, shame. This taste is a distinctive feature of Indians. India’s taste, and tea, but also spices. In the era of rapid tea development, tea has become the most important part of Indian life. Indians drink tea very special way, they used to drink a spice tea, also known as ”horse