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Hes not a royal, but a subject of the same tyrannical forces, great at wisecracking about them.

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When Bourdain went to Rajasthan in 2006, I was just leaving college.

Simultaneously, he was me, the American niece who feels at home in India.

Bourdain never treated our food like he discovered it,Yang wrote.

I wish so much for his legacy to take hold in western (mostly white) food media culture.

Or they know different.

Watching it now, I think Bourdain connected to everyone at the heart level all the time.