India, March 23 -- An American man has sparked a massive debate by trashing Indian food on social media. X user Hunter Ash minced no words in his recent takedown. Besides painting the various regional cuisines of India under the same brush of "Indian food," he also denounced it as "subcontinental pound-of-spice slop" - words that prompted accusations of racism.

In his X post, Ash said that loving Indian food is a sign of "PMC striverism," mocking the aspirational behaviour of the Professional-Managerial Class. He added that Indian food fell short when compared to other countries like Korea and Japan.

"Loving Indian food is the best indicator of PMC striverism. Really? You tried Korean barbecue and sushi and French-prepared bone marrow a...