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The article explores the influence of tea on the colonial history of Great Britain. It presents the history of the tea trade between China and Europe. The social significance of coffee houses and tea gardens is discussed. The author cites the global influence of tea on consumption rituals and its power to foster companionship and colonization.

An essay regarding the appropriation of Gurinder Chaddha to the literary texts of the film "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen is presented. It highlights the gender issues in the Indian commercial cinema. It focuses on the transgressive transcultural aesthetic, diaspora and cultural prejudices employed by Chaddha on the meta-level of the film narrative.

An essay is presented on the use of Indian Spice Shops in novels of Indian women writers including "The Mistress of Spices," by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, "Smell," by Radhika Jha and "One Hundred Shades of White," by Preethi Nair. It says that the protagonists of the books are involved with the spice shops which cater to cultural and culinary demands of Indian diasporic communities. It adds that the shops serve as transcultural strategies and interrogation backdrops and spatial instigators.

The article explores the notion that roots and transculturality are not exclusive and that roots can be transcultural. Particular focus is given to the film "Bombay Talkie," produced by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory and the novel "Bombay Talkie," by Ameena Meer. The idea of a return to India has been addressed by both the film and the novel as a transcultural strategy in effecting identity negotiations. The "Bombay Talkie" formula consists of melodrama, action, suspense and love story.