In his article, Sorit Gupto presents a Delhi Police advertisement printed in the local newspaper : “There is a scene of a bus stop where two young persons are teasing a young lady. In that frame, five persons are also there but they are just mute spectators of the event, in which one of them […]
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Hindi films and phony accents
I am such an avid movie-watcher that it surprises me sometimes that others aren’t. Especially desi folk who don’t watch desi movies. Conversations with such desis usually runs like this : Me : Have you seen the film “Company” ? He/She : English or Hindi ? Me (flummoxed) : There is a Company in English […]
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Summers, as I said before are hot in Delhi. Still the early mornings are passably cool, and the stone floor of my parents’ apartment remains moderately cool, when the morning tea-drinking time arrives. Something’s never change. The sabziwala is there everyday around noon, hawking his fares in the sing-song, repetitive voice I’ve come to associate […]
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For those of you wondering why “Bulla, ki jaana” was the first song on MTV Desi, or who/what this song is about (like me) , here are some pointers : Its a great song Its pretty unconventional, I mean how many Sardars do you know who go about strumming a guitar, mouthing Sufi poetry ? […]
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Channel-surfing a few days back, was maha-surprised to see a “MTVD” channel, playing guess what – “MTV Desi”. Rubbing my sleep-starved eyes (from excessive TV watching you see), I re-focuss, and indeed it does say Desi. Ahh – BLISS ! Finally, after all those days of starvation and one-legged hand-stands – music nirvana ! Apparently […]
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Just finished reading Bharati Kirchener’s “Sharmila’s book”, and its OK, just OK. The story is off-beat in that an American born Desi female goes back to India for an arranged marriage, and steps right into our patriarchial Bharat, complete with cliched (although true – you really meet people like that) characters. The main reason I […]
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