'I heard Indian people eat with their 手渡すs still': Oprah 直面するs （激しい）反発 in India over dinner 発言／述べるs

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Oprah Winfrey may be known for her favourite things, but eating with her 手渡すs is 明確に not one of them.

The queen of talk, 58, has 点火（する）d uproar in India after she is heard asking whether Indian people still 'eat with their 手渡すs.'

The 議論の的になる comment （機の）カム as she sat 負かす／撃墜する to dine with the Somani family in Mumbai.

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Dinner: Oprah Winfrey sat down for her first traditional Indian meal with a family in Mumbai back in January for her Oprah's Next Chapter programme

Dinner: Oprah Winfrey sat 負かす／撃墜する for her first 伝統的な Indian meal with a family in Mumbai 支援する in January for her Oprah's Next 一時期／支部 programme

Controversy: The 58-year-old has ignited uproar in India after she is heard asking the family whether Indian people still 'eat with their hands'

論争: The 58-year-old has 点火（する）d uproar in India after she is heard asking the family whether Indian people still 'eat with their 手渡すs'

'First 伝統的な Indian meal,' she says in a singsong 発言する／表明する.? 'This is so exciting!'

But as members of the family explain the cuisine, Oprah asks: 'I heard some Indian people eat with their 手渡すs still.'

によれば Indian tradition, meals are usually not 消費するd with forks, knives and spoons.

It is also customary to eat only with your 権利 手渡す, and use the left for moving food の上に one's plate from a serving dish.

Oprah just cannot seem to get her 長，率いる around it as the Somanis 知らせる her that Indians usually 消費する their food with just one 手渡す, as she 下落するs some bread with her left 手渡す.

The hand that feeds: The Somanis inform her that Indians usually consume their food with just one hand, an idea that Oprah just can't seem to get her head around

The 手渡す that 料金d: The Somanis 知らせる her that Indians usually 消費する their food with just one 手渡す, an idea that Oprah just can't seem to get her 長，率いる around

She then gives up the one-手渡すd dining altogether, 説: 'So I'm going to use both 手渡すs, or I’ll be here all night.'

The comments drew 激しい 批評 from Indian 国民s, who 爆破d Oprah for her insensitivity to Indian customs and traditions.

FirstPost.com columnist Rajyasree Sen called the OWN テレビ放送 'Myopic, unaware, ignorant and gauche' and 'Middle America at its best worst.'

Aseem Chhabra, a freelance 新聞記者／雑誌記者 and columnist for the Mumbai Mirror, told ABC News: 'It's all the stereotypes and all the clich?s the West has, between the elephants and the palaces and the snake charmers and cows.'

Iconic: Chat show host Oprah W infrey poses in front of the historic Taj Mahal on Thursday during her visit to the northern Indian city of Agra

Iconic: Oprah 提起する／ポーズをとるd in 前線 of the historic Taj Mahal during her visit to the Indian city of Agra

He 追加するd: 'That 存在するs in India, but it's this imagery of India that some people seem to have, and I think I 推定する／予想するd a lot more from somebody like Oprah Winfrey.'

In an open letter to Oprah that appeared on IBNLive.in.com, Rituparna Chatterjee wrote: 'As a responsible public 人物／姿／数字 about to 空気／公表する a show that will be beamed across the world, you should have done your homework.'

The letter goes on: ‘Using our 手渡すs to eat is a 井戸／弁護士席-設立するd tradition and a fact 非，不，無 of us are ashamed of. Our 経済的な distinction has nothing to do with it.

'A millionaire here eats the same way a pauper does. You have been to Asian nations. You should know that.'

Packed schedule: Oprah jetted to India earlier this week after her South Africa trip

Seeing the sights: Oprah jetted to India in January and filmed the excursion for her Oprah's Next 一時期／支部 programme on her OWN 網状組織

Even Bollywood slammed Oprah, as actors and actresses took to Twitter to vent about the show.

Actress and TV host Maria Goretti tweeted: 'It is so sad... that someone as inspirational as [Oprah] just did not get the pulse of India.'

In a 声明 to MailOnline, a spokeswoman for Harpo Studios, which produces the show, said: 'The 意向 of the program was to 調査する the beautiful culture and spirit of the country.

'We enjoyed the time we spent there and were touched by the people who so generously 株d their stories for the show.'

The （映画の）フィート数 was filmed in January when the 雑談（する） show queen visited to film Oprah’s Next 一時期／支部, a programme on her OWN 網状組織.

It wasn’t the only trouble that Oprah made for herself while visiting India.

Walkabout: Oprah takes a stroll through a Mumbai lane with Australian author Gregory Roberts

Walkabout: Oprah takes a stroll through a Mumbai street with Australian author Gregory Roberts

Slumdog Millionaire: The media mogul spent time in the slums of Mumbai
Slumdog Millionaire: The media mogul spent time in the slums of M umbai

Slumdog 億万長者: The マスコミ mogul spent time in the slums of Mumbai

Indian police 簡潔に 拘留するd three of Oprah’s 護衛s after they scuffled with 地元の TV 新聞記者／雑誌記者s.

The American talk-show host had been traveling with both American and Indian 護衛s while visiting the Hindu 巡礼の旅 town of Mathura, about 90 miles south of Delhi.

圧力（をかける） 信用 of India said police 拘留するd three of the guards after 地元の 新聞記者／雑誌記者s said their ビデオ 器具／備品 had been 損失d in a brawl.

No one was 報告（する）／憶測d 傷つける, and there was no 指示，表示する物 that the American 護衛s were 伴う／関わるd.

The three guards were 解放（する）d after apologising in a letter to the 新聞記者／雑誌記者s, PTI said.

It is Winfrey's first trip to India, where she also visited the Taj Mahal and the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Thumbs up: Oprah gestures to the cameras during her visit to Agra

Thumbs up: Oprah gestures to the cameras during her visit to Agra

Causing a commotion: Oprah is surrounded by Indian policemen and onlookers during her trip to the Taj Mahal

原因（となる）ing a commotion: Oprah is surrounded by Indian policemen and onlookers during her trip to the Taj Mahal

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Oprah's First 伝統的な Indian Meal

While visiting the Somanis, an upper-middle-class family living in Mumbai, India, Oprah sits 負かす／撃墜する for her first 伝統的な Indian meal. Watch as she discovers what it's like to live with four 世代s under one roof. 加える, Oprah learns the proper way to eat from the thali―which means "platter" in Hindi―using her 手渡すs.

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