I could not disagree more with this argument. Fast food chains are often far more expensive than picking up some really delicious and healthy local food in the cosmopolitan cities of India. Upon arriving from Mumbai this morning after spending several weeks with a student group, I question both Cowan's sense of taste, but more so his opinion. First of all, a good dosa to him in Virginia is not the same to someone from India. It's funny because many Indians I met and talked to mentioned how horrible all the Indian restaurants they went to in America were. I really feel this amalgamation of cultures he sees as positive, is quite negative -- it's just rich corporations with good marketing strategies banking off other people threatening their own way of life. Simply another way for America to push its crapy food down peoples throats . I just find it ironic how differently my history professor reacted to the Subway he passed, commenting how scary he felt it was. I find his whole argument problematic, for it reflects his own American liking of fast food onto another culture as well. It also shows he went to fast food in India a lot, when you could have ate cheaper, better and healthier local food.