[UNLOCKED] Roni Mazumdar's American dream

He built a buzzy Indian restaurant empire in New York. Now he wants to change the meaning of being Indian

Throughout my childhood in my Indian-American household, a common refrain could be heard: Why is it so hard to get real, proper Indian food in restaurants?

Sure, there were kebabs, naan, and butter chicken at any number of establishments. But these were the General Tso’s chicken and fortune cookies of a great cuisine, which my parents, admittedly biased,…