Zainab Bawa wrote:
> of the market. Also, I do not necessarily agree that cooking non-veg gives
> foul smell. For that matter, when the  neighbours and folks from opposite
> building cook sambhar, I get the odour. There are ways of cooking non-veg.
> The smell argument is what most people have given to me and even Bengalis
> are discriminated in the rental markets on the smell issue.
>   
You'll be surprised that many communities in the US hesitate before
letting Indians (all of us are the same to them) live there. I have
heard nasty comments about the smell of "curry" in the neighbourhood. I
am not saying that this discrimination is acceptable. But it's present,
is all I am saying.
> 3). If the market is so biased towards vegetarian tenants, then where is the
> freedom of choice? Can I not have the choice to choose my own preferences
>   
I guess they expect people to buy and not rent. I've heard horror
stories from apartment owners as well. Let's face it, we Indians are
racist and discriminatory.

Venkat

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