Originally posted by: whatthelife
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There was a lady "Viji Raj" in MasterChef India season 6 ... she is from Tamil Nadu, a homecook who used to cook/offer maid services ... Hindi is not a predominant language in Chennai, they dont learn Hindi in schools either ... at least from what I have heard ... she spoke in whatever Hindi she knew and there were times when she said she doesn't know what it is called in Hindi and the judges tried to understand the language she spoke ... in cases when she couldn't name something, she was asked to describe it in her words and there was one time, she went to an elimination round only because she didn't know what it was called in Hindi ... it was fair at least according to me because she was given many chances in different ways and since it was a Hindi show, she had to oblige by the rules
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in Season 7, there was again another lady "Aruna Vijay" basically from Gujrat, but raised in Tamil nadu who cooked ONLY vegetarian ... there was one challenge with eggs and she had to use immunity pin to stay out of that challenge ... and a few other times, she was allowed to pick a different protein instead of meat ... and this was a topic of discussion and judges were criticized for doing this on Twitter
but mind you, this wont happen in international competitions ... at least not something I have heard of
we all know what can happen in Onupamaa world ... she will give long bhashan overcome both scenarios and judges will smile, look at one another and hand over the trophy to her, and her broken hand will heal instantly, and a a a aaaa aaaaa anupamaa will play on the background
Disclaimer: This is slightly off topic and may please be considered to be removed if found irrelevant.
Now, taking this a little further.
The show is MasterChef India, isn't it? Not Masterchef Hindi, not MasterChef Veg or Non-Veg and yes it us a Hindi Channel but is a cookery show.
So,
1. If the participant were to appoint for a translator in their personal capacity, would that be a fair thing?
2. If certain individuals have certain beliefs that the format does Not align to, while the contestant is given an alternate, isn't it actually more complex to achieve the same/similar outcome within the limitations which offset the advantage?
Just some food for thought. Depending on the responses to this, it would be good to expand the scope of discussion to other areas.
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